--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > My experience over the years is that as my consciousness rises if I > > spend any amount of time at all around non-meditators the majority of > > them start to seem like wild animals. I guess this is because they are > > at the mercy of superficial influences which are like "lines drawn on > > water or lines drawn on air" for many of us. I'm not saying that all > > non-meditators are like that as there are some people who just come > into > > life at a higher level of evolution than others. Nor am I positing > some > > superiority thing. It's just that if you spend any time with them > > beyond some casual contact they seem to go completely blindly off on > > tangents that I evolved out of years ago as so can be a little annoying > > (especially if they are trying to drag you along with them). > > > > My relatives who out of all of them only my oldest nephew learned > > meditation are always "so busy" and I think "no you just aren't able to > > handle life so well any more being blown about by an increasing amount > > of chaotic influences in our noisier world." We as meditators tend to > > have a stable base of consciousness and the chaos of the world has less > > and less influence as our consciousness evolves. > > > > I would like to hear other's *experience* on this and not theory. > > > Holy cow...where to start. I used to feel that way too when I had been > in Switzerland for extended periods of time, only in the company of > course participants and staff. When we would off to do something in > the "real world" it was a wee bit scary. > > Read up on cult behavior and "group think". You'll learn a lot. This > "us on the inside...those on the outside" feeling...it's classic cult > group think in my opinion and it isn't healthy. >
I never was much impressed with the mood-making in Fairfield or the local TM center or whatever. OTOH, I was generally happy with the effects that rounding and/or Sidhis instruction had on me, and I *DID think that group program was noticibly different than meditating by myself. However, Life got in the way of moving to Fairfield and perhaps that's a good thing.
