"> I will state here unequivocally that I AM a TM TB, given the > definition above. Given my 31 and 1/2 years of uninterrupted > practice I would be a hypocrite if I said otherwise."
But even though you do share core beliefs in the technique and the model for evaluating your own experiences, you seem to do a lot of your own thinking on everything after that. You seem more confident of your own experiences and perspective than deferential to MMY. For example you seem to do your own version of the prescribed program. Another big belief divide I see has to do with whether a person is willing to let non TM people see TM's dirty laundry. Here I don't get the impression that you are invested in having TM be presented in a sanitized way. And don't get me started on your forbidden diet! Pure violation of the robot's rules of order! It can't be a digital on off distinction, it has to be analogue to allow for all the individual relationships with the teaching. That is what makes FFL such a blast. In the inner TM sanctums I think it is more clear cut. --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 7, 2007, at 9:10 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > > > In arguments with you about meditation she takes the party line > on TM, > > > so you get a high dose of that. But IMO it is about the > arguing, not > > > the party line. Since the whole tone is so out of favor with > the TM > > > PR model, and so many doctrine critical beliefs are not shared > with > > > true blue TM believers, I decided that there had to be another > > > explanation. If it isn't devotion to MMY or the movement, then > I feel > > > it might be a devotion to the fight itself. TM is just a > convenient > > > prop. But hey what do I know, I'm just a simple sod! > > > > > > Or could it be someone trapped in the first stages of grief: > denial > > and anger? > > > > I guess it depends on what specifically you mean by "doctrinal > > beliefs"--that would tend to denote a TMO TB, not a TM TB, > wouldn't > > it? My take is, when most people use the term "TB" in regard to > TM > > and/or TMSP practitioners, they are talking about True Belief in > TM/ > > TMSP and NOT the TM org. > > > > TM org TB's would probably be better called "TM bots"--although > there > > does seem to be a certain amount of overlap between the two, > which > > makes it rather confusing. > > > > TM TB's can be and probably most often are independent. TMO TB's > are > > not. It's the relative independence of the former that makes them > > insist they are not TB's--but to someone object outside of either > > mindset, it's clear they are. > > > I will state here unequivocally that I AM a TM TB, given the > definition above. Given my 31 and 1/2 years of uninterrupted > practice I would be a hypocrite if I said otherwise. >
