--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], hermandan0 > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > OK, I'll jump in here, not for the sake of being > argumentative, but > > > just to relate my experience. I became a teacher > much later than all > > > of you pioneers, so I cannot speak to what you > might have been told > > > on your courses. > > > > What I, as a student, heard from TM teachers > > conforms precisely to your description of what > > you were told to teach. > > > > Eeven allowing for Barry coming from a different era > (I learned in 73), the business about > not teaching unless the student kneels isn't > something that even makes sense. > > > When I went back to MUM/MIU in the mid-80's for a > course, someone from Spielberg's > (Lucas's?) studio had brought an experimental 3D > video camera and wanted to film the > Puja for MMY. They passed out flowers and started > filming. I bowed my head respectfully > with hands in the namaste form and then noticed that > everyone else in the entire room-- > with no exceptions (about 2000+ people since it was > on oe of the larger courses)-- had > fully kowtowed with head to floor. I glanced all the > way around the room, threw my arms > up at the ceiling dramatically and shrugged and > knelt down... > > ..the next day, at another meeting, they passed the > flowers around to everyone again, > explaining that due to a "camera glitch" they needed > to refilm part of the Puja. They > instructed us all to "stand respectfully" as they > did the retake. > > I find it hard to believe that ANY TM teacher was > ever instructed to require his/her > students to kneel or they wouldn't be taught, not > even the Indian ones teaching in India. I became a teacher in '73 and it was irrelevant whether the student stood, kneeled or laughed at that end of the puja. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
