On Sep 7, 2006, at 4:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I mean, if you look at it, it's really WEIRD. From > Day One of one's instruction in TM, you get imprinted > with the dogma that it's the BEST technique of medi- > tation in the world, and that you'll never again have > any need for anything more. ( Even though you'll be > sold as many additional "unneeded" techniques as you > can afford :-) Then in successive lectures you learn > that *all* other spiritual philosophies are inferior > to Maharishi's and that only *he* has "rediscovered" > the truths about spirituality that all of the others > (think of the hubris of that -- ALL of the others) > have missed.
Didn't used to be like that, though. When I--when most of us--started, it was marketed (if that's the right word) as a tool for relaxation, one of the more useful, perhaps, but still a tool, perhaps amongst many. One tool in a whole toolbox. The paranoia aspect wasn't there at all, IIRC, or else none of us would have started. I first noticed something odd when even counseling was given a bum rap, and they started to ask questions about if you'd ever had any. Seemed very personal and none of their business. > If you buy this stuff, and spend even more money to > buy your way to being a TM teacher, on that course you > get told how dangerous it is to read anything from > these lesser traditions, and how doing this could > possibly confuse you, and lead you "off the program." > After you become a TM teacher, you learn that this > "don't stray off the path" policy is ENFORCED, and > that if you disregard it you will be sent away in > shame, and denied access to any future participation > in things TM. All of these teachings and procedures > are designed to KEEP people from "thinking out of > the box," and to punish them if they do. > > The obvious question is WHY? To keep the flock from straying, and all of their $$ going to the TMO, is my guess. Sal ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
