--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That someone can sell a technique to help people relax > does not automatically make them a saint.
An excellent point. One of the *foundations* of the True Believer mentality is "if this person taught me or told me one thing that has proved useful or true, then everything he says is useful and true." Extrapolating from this assumption, over time True Believers put the leader of their mass movement up on a pedestal and tend to auto- matically believe *everything* they say. They start to assume that the leader has a special "presence" that normal people don't have. The next, and IMO most dangerous step, is when they start to assume that anyone who doesn't feel and act the same way, and who doesn't put the leader up on the same pedestal that they do is "attacking" him, or not giving him the "proper" respect that he is due. Read Bob's statement below with this in mind, and I think you'll see True Believerism at its height. Or depth, depending on your point of view. Bob's last paragraph is True Believerism personified. > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > Correction: for the record I dropped practice for a few > > > weeks after seeing the look in MMYs eyes whilst standing > > > near him in Royal Albert Hall London in the mid-1970's. > > > > ********************* > > > > It's not uncommon for highly-stressed individuals to react > > badly to being in MMY's presence. Here's the account of > > former MUM prof Kai Druhl: > > > > "In 1990, I first met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi personally. > > Immediately after the meeting, I noticed signs of demonic > > oppression. I was no longer able to control my facial > > expressions during meditation, and my lips would suddenly > > retreat to expose my clenched teeth. This loss > > of control eventually even spread into quiet times, outside of > > meditation. At the time, I attributed that to the impending > > release of a "stress," that I thought had been in me all along." > > > > http://www.thetruelight.net/personalstories/kaidruhl.htm > > > > So you are claiming that although MMY left India and taught you > > and millions of other Westerners TM, a practice which you say > > "brings the light," and which practice you say you have > > practiced for 30 years, you do not regard discomfort around > > MMY -- the man responsible for teaching you this wonderful > > technique that you have been practicing for 30 years (!) -- > > as demonstrating a deficiency in you rather than MMY? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
