--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I¹ve heard that people tend to sit in affinity groups in the > > > > > domes: the Amma group, the Waking Down group, etc. > > > > > > > > How about the just plain old superior to everything else, > > > > TM/TM-Sidhis group? > > > > > > That's called the True Believer group. :-) > > > > > > Thank you at least for being honest about your elitism; > > > very few of the TBs are. > > > > ???? > > > > Er, um, yeah, right. > > > > Why would they be TBers if they didn't believe that TM was > > the best thing since sliced bread? > > Well, that's sorta the point, dude. > > For people who are part of many other organizations > that teach meditation, it would never occur to them > to think that their particular brand of meditation > was "the best" or "better" than all others. > > The *reason* this would not have occurred to them > is that, unlike in the TMO, they were never *told* > that their technique was "the best," over and over > and over and over and over and over, for years and > years and decades. The latter approach is called > brainwashing, dude. That the people who have been > subjected to it believe that their technique is > "best" says nothing whatsoever about the technique, > only about the effectiveness of the brainwashing. > > True Believers are *created*. They don't just > happen. You believe that TM is "the best" because > you've been TOLD that so often, for so many years. > And sadly, you still don't realize this... >
I'm well-aware of teh mechanism. However, being brainwashed doesn't preclude being correct... 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/
