--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Sounds to me as if several people are buying into > > > the pre-publication memes being spread by Dan Brown's > > > publicists to pave the way for his next best seller. :-) > > > > To follow up, here's some information from Wikipedia. > > I just think it's hilarious that people like some of > > the folks who are so full of fear on this group are > > working themselves up into a full-fledged obsession > > based on the work of *publicists* who are spreading > > memes to hype the sales of an upcoming book. :-) > > Uh-huh. Except that folks have been engrossed/obsessed > with these "memes" for far longer than Dan Brown. Sorry > to disappoint, but he didn't invent this group of > conspiracy theories any more than he did those about > Jesus and the Magdalene. > > *You* may be reading about this U.S. Freemasons stuff > for the first time from Brown's publicists, but you're > a bit behind the curve. > > Oh, and besides the post hoc propter hoc fallacy, you > picked the wrong putdown. Conspiracy theories appeal > to folks not because they're afraid but because they > like to feel they're in on a big secret.
Welcome back, Judy. I see you had a nice, relaxing long weekend away, and that it did wonders for you. :-) Speaking of which, you may have noticed that in your absence, a couple of people have posted about the spiritual (or at the very least, personally inspiring) experiences they had over the same period. Marek waxed eloquent about the bliss of surfing, and I expounded upon the bliss of wandering around in the dark. :-) Surely *you* must have some inspiring stories to tell of your own long weekend away. I thus pose two questions, which, being the intellectually honest person you are, you will answer and not snip, right? * You left town for your long weekend on Thursday, and thus had at least three full days away from home, right? * So. Marek's experience only required a few hours of surfing one morning; I managed to have mine in the half hour when all the lights were off in Sauve. You had at least 72 hours. During that period, what experiences did you have of a spiritual nature, or that just were inspiring for you personally? Surely there must have been a few, for someone who has been "developing their consciousness" via TM and the TM- siddhi program for all this time. Please share them with us. Then we might believe the stuff you've said about how effective TM is at "developing consciousness" in its long-term practitioners.
