I would take your views more seriously if you were willing to acknowledge that TM has a beneficial, even life-transforming effect on many people. But you come across simply as a TM-hater, just a reverse image of the TBs you despise. For what I mean, see Meredith's post, earlier today, which presents a much more balanced perspective.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Fester: > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:38 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > You discount scientific research on TM, yet you expect us to take > > seriously the > > opinions of your "two psychiatric friends," who hardly sound like > > unbiased > > observers! > > No, I did not ask you to do any such thing. If YOU know a > psychiatrist who has worked with TM people, ask him or her. > > > I have been around TM people all my adult life, and your > > comments do not square either with what I have experienced for myself > > through the practice of TM or what I have observed in others. > > Then I guess you must not have many friends. I've seen everything > from scarring due to "physio-kundalini syndrome" to delusions of > grandeur to dissociative disorders to tourette's-like syndromes (and > other side effects). > > Part of the TB mindset is a carefully crafted and deeply engrained > mechanism of denial. >
