On Feb 5, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Peter wrote: > I know exactly what she is talking about below, but > although I was very much into the TMO I never let it > have such an extreme effect on me. I certainly saw > people doing this- especially the "impurity" of others > routine-but always thought that they just had their > own problems. I have found that the majority of > non-meditators I meet are of much greater > psychological health than the majority of TMer's I > knew in Fairfield. Don't for one moment think you are > special. Your attachments are just different than > "non-meditators."
Not to mention the fact that, for a TB, the excerpt below would seem to seriously contradict the so-called ME effect--she's basically admitting it's had no noticeable effect at all. Strange stuff. > >> >> >> On a recent phone call, one TM acquaintance >> expressed fears, "I don't >> know how you live out there, Gina. Your spiritual >> evolution is >> hindered from being surrounded by so much negtivity. >> This must be so >> hard for you. I know how evil the world is out >> there. I have a cousin >> strung out on cocaine in San Diego." >> >> When I explained that her cousin is an exception to >> the norm, she >> refused to consider otherwise, insisting, "No, there >> are rakshasas >> (evil demons) lurking everywhere out there. Anyone >> can succumb at any >> time, just like my cousin.
