--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > On Nov 5, 2006, at 7:24 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: > > > > > > We have run in to TM mother divine who have had much mental and > > > physical trouble from being on MD. Common maladies evidently on > > > the MD program. Mental problems and bad health. Energetic entity > > > possession too in the experiences. > > > > I do wonder about this. What types of mental problems? Can you be > > more specific? I know from my own experience, I went to visit THP > > at the end of the 80's in the Catskills. Along with me was my wife > > and a friend is also extremely psychic. They were both shocked and > > appalled by the energetic depletion they saw on these guys. Now > > they had come along with us expecting to see these advanced yogis, > > instead they said they looked like they had been repeatedly and > > continuously vampirized; sickly. > > I have to say that this has always been my subjective > assessment of anyone who has spent a long time "round- > ing" in a TM context as well. Self discovery and enlight- > enment are, as I understand them, about becoming *more* > capable, *more* able to handle the world. Some of the > guys I knew who spent a long time on such reclusive > courses can barely find their mouths with a spoon. > > > > They do not have a way of talking about it within MD for fear > > > of ejection/rejection so some MD can be in pretty bad shape, > > > but are told the only way to get enlightened is to be on the > > > program in MD. There is a lot of peer pressure there between > > > the 'devotion' of being accepted there and when your days are > > > split mostly between meditating and raising money. > > > > Wow. > > This sadly goes along with what I've heard from an > old TM friend who has friends who are currently on > MD. Without naming names, she tells of these women > leaving the course and coming to spend time with her > and her husband periodically so that they can break > down and cry for three weeks solid, in private, > before going back to the course and having to pretend > to be blissful all the time. > > It strikes me that such "breakdown breaks" are no > substitute for the professional care these women need, > or for an environment in which they don't have to > hide what they really feel, and thus one in which such > problems wouldn't come up as much. >
The question REALLY is: why do they continue on MD if they obviously are not happy with it? Isn't that just mood-making at its finest? 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/
