--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> It doesn't really matter much whether someone is a TB of TM, or not. > > If they practice TM and find it effective, why try to get them to > > try something else? > > NO ONE is trying to get anyone to do something else. > That's all in the heads of the people for whom hear- > ing about another path is considered a challenge to > the one they're currently on. > > > If they are doing TM and think it is the > > greatest thing since sliced bread, so what? > > I completely agree. What I find offensive is when > such people, IN TOTAL IGNORANCE, claim that their > path is superior to all others, paths *that they > have never tried*. (And that they never will because > either they're too afraid to, or too proud to ever > "stoop to that level.") That's a level of fanaticism > and lack of humility that is pretty astounding in > the larger spiritual smorgasbord. You would *never* > find such a stance in most traditions. Never.
Christianity and Islam are pretty big, and not known for humility and moderation, but I get your point. I don't see any evidence of that fear or arrogance myself here. Not exclusively among the TM adherents anyway... > > The issue here on FFL is that a number of people > have had experiences of more than one spiritual > tradition and set of techniques. And then there are > the people who have only had the experience of *one* > tradition and set of techniques. The former group > usually comes down on the side of "Techniques are > different and what is right for one person is not > necessarily right or optimal for another." Whereas > those who have only done TM tend to follow the TM > dogma and claim that *only* TM can possibly be > considered the "best" technique or tradition in > the world. The respective opinions of each group make sense though, given their experience. Nothing to change here. > The thing some of us are trying to do here is *not* > to convince TMers to "jump ship." What we're trying > to do is point out that the TM stance of being "the > best" is considered by the greater spiritual community > as being so lowvibe and so tacky that only the lowest > scum of society would ever even *conceive* of their > tradition being "the best." Lol! yeah, well, whatever keeps us *all* meditating... Some here are strong TMers > who do *not* hold to this sick and twisted dogma of the > TM movement. But there are others who do, and they tend > to become outraged when the *obvious* stupidity of their > stance is pointed out. *They* are the TBs. I don't see anyone here who fits that description. I know it isn't always all hearts and roses here, but the upsets tend to be more post for post vs a challenge of dogma, as I see it.
