--- 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. > >
That someone is able to recognize that the essential recipe of sainthood-for-all is the simplest of relaxation techniques certainly implies something special about themselves. Or do you think that TM isn't unique? And that the average teacher of dhyan or samatha outside the TMO really "gets it?" > > > --- 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/
