--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > This entire group of people who have never tried > any other technique of meditation or self discovery > but TM, many of whom have been too afraid even to > *read* about any other technique but TM, and yet > they consider themselves authoritative about the > subject of meditation as a whole.
None of whom, of course, are participants on this forum, given that many of the discussions here are about other techniques. <snip> > He kept people SO "spiritually sheltered" and > isolated that they never could become exposed > to anyone who could tell them, "Hey, I've listened > to the stuff you talk about, and you never seem to > get past A, B and C...don't you KNOW that there are > other letters?" Note the hidden and unquestioned assumption here that in a series, such as the alphabet, the full series is of greater value than its initial elements by themselves. That's true, of course, in the case of the alphabet, but the metaphor may be seriously flawed when applied to the basis for techniques of awakening. As to lack of exposure, some of us have chosen to expose ourselves, outside the TM context, to a fairly wide range of what people say about the other "letters." On the basis of our own experiential and intellectual understanding, we have concluded that D, E, F, etc., not only do not add anything to A, B, and C, but actually detract from the understanding (experiential as well as intellectual) of the fundamental nature and mechanics of consciousness. We think these additional letters represent a failure to grasp the significance and ramifications of A, B, and C and thus don't represent "progress" at all, they represent a *less* complete and, in some cases, downright incorrect understanding. A more appropriate metaphor might be the series that begins with elementary particles and ends with apparently solid objects. If knowledge of solid objects is not grounded in knowledge of elementary particles, it's not only incomplete, it's wrong, since the solidity of these objects is only apparent, not real. 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/
