--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Cool. A high school in same district as mine(during whose > > > > attendance I > > > > > started TM). In an article from a newspaper for which I was > > once > > > a > > > > > paperboy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.marinij.com/ci_4474770 > > > > > > > > > > Terra Linda High School plans to launch a Transcendental > > > Meditation > > > > > program with the help of a $175,000 grant from noted > filmmaker > > > > David > > > > > Lynch. > > > > > > > > > > Lynch established a foundation in his name to spread > > > Transcendental > > > > > Meditation to schools as a method of stress management. The > > Terra > > > > > Linda program would be the David Lynch Foundation's first in > > > > > California, although others operate in Washington, D.C., and > > > > Detroit. > > > > > > > > > > Principal Carole Ramsey became an enthusiastic supporter > after > > > > hearing > > > > > Lynch speak, but some say Transcendental Meditation is > rooted > > in > > > a > > > > > religious movement that is inappropriate for public school. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If this is a publicly-funded school, it's a no-starter and a > > waste > > > > of Lynch's time and money. > > > > > > > > Like all of you, I'd love to see TM as part of the curriculum > of > > > all > > > > schools but we all know that the religious types will > cry "foul" > > > and > > > > that TM violates the separation of church and state...and they > > > will, > > > > of course, be on solid ground for claiming it. > > > > > > > > Not that I believe TM to be a religion, nor that the puja as I > > was > > > > taught to use it on TTC is religious in any way. But the way > > the > > > > TMO conducts itself IS religious and too many bugaboos will be > > > > brought into the equation to result in anything but negativity > > and > > > > failure.>> > > > > > > If practicing Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Atheists all > > > practice TM without seeing any conflict with their religion/non- > > > religion, then I don't see how any rational people could > consider > > it > > > a religion --- specially with so much published research for its > > > efficacy as a technique. > > > > > > The days of the irrational fundamentalist born-again, anti- this, > > > anti-that, is over. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > The TMO blew it back in the '70s with their High School Curriculum > > study book. I was a student at MIU at the time and it was a quite > > beautiful book...but if you replaced the word "absolute" > with "god" > > there would have been no difference between SCI and the way the > > Bible uses God.>> > > You mean like this: > > Gen 1:1 In the beginning The Absolute gave rise to heaven and the > earth. > > Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was > upon the face of the deep. And The Absolute moved within its > waters. > > Gen 1:3 And The Absolute shone forth light: and there was light. > > Gen 1:4 And The Absolute witnessed the light, that it was good: > and The Absolute divided the light from the darkness. > > Gen 1:5 And The Absolute called the light Day, and the darkness > The Absolute called Night. And the evening and the morning were the > first day. > > Gen 1:6 And The Absolute generated a firmament in the midst of the > waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. > > Gen 1:7 And The Absolute made the firmament, and divided the > waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were > above the firmament: and it was so. > > Gen 1:8 And The Absolute called the firmament Heaven. And the > evening and the morning were the second day. > > Gen 1:9 ΒΆ And The Absolute organised the waters under the heaven so > that they be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry > [land] appear: and it was so. > > Gen 1:10 And The Absolute called the dry land Earth; and the > gathering together of the waters were called Seas: and The Absolute > rejoiced within. > > OffWorld >
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