--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > 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... > > IF it were correct, why would it be necessary to > try to convince its practitioners that it was > "the best?" Why would it be necessary to claim > it was, over and over and over and over and over? > Why would it be necessary to browbeat its prac- > titioners to make them afraid to try any other > technique of meditation or even sit in the same > room with someone practicing another technique > of meditation, so that some comparison might > be made? > > Let's face it, dude...you've been brainwashed. > You've been told to look down on any form of > meditation other than TM, so you do. > > And the amazing thing is, you do all this with- > out *ever* having tried any of these other > techniques yourself, to see if what you were > told is true. You consider giving them a try > to be "off the program" and "dangerous" and > somehow "disrespectful" to Maharishi, right? > > And you think all these ideas are your own. > > Yeah, right. >
Well no, the ideas certainly aren't my own. The concept resonates in a "truethy" way within me. And I don't claim to be certain of my intuitions: I'm the guy who sold Apple stock at 1/30th of its present value for no good reason, and managed to convince my stockbroker to unload $100K worth of Intel shares during the hieght of the fdiv bug thing (last time he spoke to me, it was VERY difficult for him to maintain a polite tone in his voice). Don't EVER trust my judgement, unless you want to play a contrarian. OTOH, what's a True Believer to do? Assume that I'm NEVER right and always do the opposite of what my gut tells me? 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/
