Hi, I'm not sure who you were asking the question of, whether "Abraham," the former MIU faculty member, or myself.
If you wanted to hear from Abraham, I recommend you point your browser to http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ and add a comment to Abraham's posting, "Breaking up is hard to do." I'm sure he will give you a prompt reply. As for myself, I gave up TM because of the damage I saw so many of my fellow Governors were experiencing from the rounding and long programs, the extraordinary costs of the TM techniques, and because of the deceit I saw the TM Movement practice -- particularly with regard to the TM-Sidhis. I have tried a number of meditation techniques since I quit in 1995. Some seemed better, some not as good as TM. My only criteria were my subjective experiences of "deepness" during meditation and "clarity" outside of meditation. I choose not to discuss my personal practice much, however. I feel responsible for introducing many, many people to TM -- including my family -- through my proselytizing while a TM teacher. I prefer these days to support people in whatever spiritual path they feel is most suitable to them rather than push whatever I am practicing at the moment upon them. Thanks for your questions, John M. Knapp, LMSW http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ http://trancenet.net/ [A] bad guru can be extremely good for a sincere devoteeĀ . It's the main reason so many bad gurus do good business. They are merely idols upon which sincere devotees project their own divinity, with sometimes seemingly miraculous results. --Jody R, Guruphiliac.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --why did you give up TM. What did you replace it with? Are you SURE > the replacement is equal to, or better than TM, and why? Thanks. > > In [email protected], taskcentered <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], taskcentered <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Abraham -- a former visiting > > > > faculty member at MIU (MUM). As Abraham explains, he brings a > wealth > > > > of information from two decades of experience within the TM Org: > > > > > > > > " > > > I > > > first learned TM in 1971 as a 17 year-old college student and > > > > subsequently practiced it twice a day for 22 years. After > graduating > > > > from college, > > > I > > > studied in Europe for six months to become a TM > > > > teacher and taught TM full-time, initiating over 250 people > into the > > > > practice. > > > I > > > attended many advanced programs and became a TM Governor > > > > after learning the TM-Sidhi program. > > > I > > > have also been a visiting > > > > faculty member at Maharishi International University in > Fairfield, > > > > Iowa. Because > > > I > > > still have friends in the TM organization and because > > > > of > > > my > > > current professional visibility, > > > I > > > choose to remain anonymous. > > > > For the most part, > > > I > > > had positive experiences with TM, which is why > > > I > > > > > > > kept up the practice for as long as > > > I > > > did. Nevertheless, in 1993, > > > > after years of inner conflict, > > > I > > > decided to stop practicing TM and > > > > quietly left the TM movement because > > > I > > > could no longer continue in > > > > good conscience. > > > I > > > had come to see ...." > > > > > > > Interesting lesson in the ME, I, MY practise. When even after 22 > > > years some people are still so obsessed with their small selves > > > something is seriously wrong with the followup of the practise. > > > > > > > Just for interest's sake, can you explain your concern about the > first-person pronoun? "I" is > > just a word that refers to oneself. Even in enlightenment the > concept of the small-s self > > remains. Do you really believe you can judge another's > consciousness by his use of the > > pronoun "I"? To my knowledge, even the Maharishi uses the word. > > > > John M. Knapp, LMSW > > http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ > > http://trancenet.net/ > > > > [A] bad guru can be extremely good > > for a sincere devoteeĀ . > > It's the main reason so many bad gurus > > do good business. They are merely idols > > upon which sincere devotees project > > their own divinity, with sometimes > > seemingly miraculous results. > > --Jody R, Guruphiliac.blogspot.com > > >
