Turquoise, I thought I'd pop back to get a rain check on my posting yesterday and the first post I saw was yours. The odd thing is that I haven't really said anything at http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ that should upset anyone. After three and a half decades of research on the topic, I just distilled a few points, that must be common knowledge to those posting on FFL. Surely? I was surprised anyone responded to it actually. As for the idea of me being damaged. Well I can only use Maharishi's excellent analogy, that one's vision is determined by the tint of the glasses one wears. If I am being perceived as damaged, then perhaps they need to refresh their outlook. The Maharishi and the movement have had ample time and opportunity to put me right about any information I might have got askew. In fact I wrote an open letter addressed to the man himself, asking that he do just that. Since I already had a friendship with Bevan Morris, it would have been so easy for him to clear up any misconceptions and these could have been included in the revised edition. Hey ho, Paul
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> > wrote: > > > > Peter, > > > > you are asking why I continue speak out about MMY and his teachings. > > > > The answer is remarkably simple. > > > > Having learned TM I decided to practice it come-what-may, for at > > least ten years, to see how it measured up to its claims. I decided > > to let the time run longer, and longer, and longer. (In fact I even > > vowed to continue its practise even if MMY disavowed the teaching.) > > > > I put the together 'The Maharishi: The Man Who Gave Transcendental > > Meditation to the World', and as Vaj rightly says, it is the only > > objective biography of the man and his teaching extant. But I didn't > > stop researching the Maharishi, TM and his master, I kept up the > > project for much longer, and I have shared much of the Guru Dev > > translation work free-of-charge on my website > > http://www.paulmason.info/ . > > > > I kept practising the TM technique more many more years after the > > publication. > > But after more than three and a half decades it struck me it was > > about time I actually decided it was time to come to some sort of > > verdict, about TM and about MMY. > > > > Since I am recognised as an authority on the subject (at least by > > those honest enough to admit it) I thought I'd share my verdict. I > > posted this on TM-Free Blog a few days ago. But afterwards I > > realised that there must still be great many people who still don't > > even have the basic points. > > > > I notice you don't attempt to correct me on any point raised in the > > blog. That is interesting, very interesting > > > > Finally, the suggestion that I get on and attend to my own life. > > Well, as it happens, I most certainly do (which is the main reason I > > seldom log on to the TM forums. But, as it happens I consider that > > sharing the enormous amount of research on the MMY is a part of > > attending to my life. > > > > It would be all too convenient for those who just want to hear sweet > > truths if I were to be quiet. > > > > You have your views on MMY, I have never once tried to silence you > > or anyone else on the subject. I have never suggested that you go > > and attend to your life. > > > > It seems the truth has got you just a tad mad at me, just a tad. But > > as another responent pointed out to someone else, don't shoot the > > messenger or in your case encourage the messenger to turn his > > attention to something else. It sounds just a bit like that bit in > > the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy and Toto were told to ignore 'the Man > > Behind The Curtain'. > > > > Paul > > > > PS To the so-called supports of the Maharishi and of TM, on FFL, > > don't convince me much, you seem to spend an inordinate amount of > > time and energy sparring and being unpleasant to one another, and to > > those you perceive as threats. Is that what practising TM impels you > > to do? It never did that to me, that's for sure. > > Nice statement, Paul. > > What we saw in the last couple of days, in reaction to > the things you've posted, is a far greater condemnation > of Maharishi than anything you could have written about > him. > > Most of the responses here on Fairfield Life to what > you wrote had a clear and unmistakable intent. They > were intended to "shoot the messenger" and to demonize > you. In three cases (the ravings of Frank Lotz and Peter > Klutz and Nablusos), they did this *literally*, saying > explicitly that you were in league with demonic forces. > The rest who railed against you here did *exactly* what > I suggested a few days ago that TMers With Baggage > *would* do in a situation like this, and tried to > portray you as somehow DAMAGED, and having something > WRONG with you because of what you said. > > In my opinion this response is cult behavior, and the > fact that Maharishi allowed and even cultivated it in > his students says more about him and his teachings > than anything you could possibly have written. The > people who went on and on "defending" him and his > teachings, and doing so by trying to trash you, made > far more of a statement against Maharishi and his > teachings than you did. >
