--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a few quick replies, even though we ALL know > she'll do nothing with them but nitpick and claim > "Why those aren't really lies...they're just an > alternative way of saying things." :-) :-) :-) > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Absolutely. About the contents of the puja, > > > > What was the lie you were taught to tell > > about the puja? > > Several: > > -- When asked, "Are the names of any Hindu gods mentioned > in the puja?" -- answer "No." This is obviously not true. > > -- When asked, "Are the words 'I bow down' included in > the puja, and does the teacher actually bow to any of > the names mentioned?" -- answer "No." This is equally > not true. > > -- When asked, "Is the TM puja a Hindu ritual?" -- answer > "No." In reality, it is a hodge-podge of different verses > from *many* different Hindu pujas and rituals. > > > > about > > > whether or not people were asked to kneel during > > > it, > > > > What was the lie you were taught to tell about > > whether or not people were asked to kneel during > > the puja? > > -- When asked, "Is it mandatory for the student to > kneel during initiation?" -- answer "No." HOWEVER, > in the explicit instructions given to me and other > TM teachers I know when we were made teachers, we > were epxlicitly told to never teach the person > UNLESS they knelt. >
Interesting since I knew plenty of people who never knkelt and were still taught. In my latter days of learning advanced techniques, including when I took one from Neil Patterson, I didn't kneel and yet was still taught... > > > about the number of mantras and how they were > > > selected, > > > > What was the lie you were taught to tell about > > the number of mantras and how they were selected? > > -- When asked, "How many mantras are used in TM," > we were told never to answer this question, but to > hint that there were "very many...dozens or more." > > -- When asked, "How are they selected?" we were told > never to say exactly how, but to imply that they were > selected based on "a large number of different criteria" > known to us as TM teachers. In fact, there is only > one criterion. > > I'll let other teachers add their own if they care to. > > I will not respond in any way to any of Judy's expected > (and inevitable attempts) to turn this into another > of her infinite argument sessions. Even if she has no > life, I do, and it is calling this week. :-) > 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/
