--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0smU-7FHzyE > > > > > > > This is a video she did for her anthropology class, the > explanation > > tells us. The theme is: is TM a cult, a religion? The video then > > goes on to give us a slide show, with music, of various TM photos: > MMY > > with the Beatles, the Golden Dome, Flyers, etc. But there are > also > > shots of unusual yoga positions and illustrations of various Vedic > > gods mostly from ISKCON publications. > > > > At the end, she asks, again, Is it a religion, a cult? > > > > Based on just the accurate TM portrayals, I would have to > say "yes" to > > both questions.>> > > I kinda ignored the question since it is old fodder, but I felt > quite blissful towards the end with all the krishna pics etc., and > George Harrison's classic. Try it again without the question in mind. > > However: > Religion (in this kind of context) = Believing in something for > which there is no evidence, blind faith, and worshipping an Idol of > some sort, that is outside of yourself and superior to yourself. > Cult means worshipping an Idol or a God. > > So, for some people the TMO is a religion for them, but they are the > minority, but for MOST people, it is just a technique that they feel > they personally get a lot of benefit from. > > For example: Richard Branson who has meditated (TM) with his wife > every day for 30 odd years (seen here below yesterday with Bill > Clinton - who may also have learned TM? ) > http://tinyurl.com/mssub >
This is the first I've heard that Branson does TM. Wonderful. But I kinda doubt it only because I've never heard it before and I assumed I would have with such a famous person. Are you sure? 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/
