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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > This (above) is a good capsule of what Maharishi's original > > intentions were, I feel, when he started teaching in the west. Yoga > > is so empirical in nature and practice and most religions promulgate > > most, if not all, of the elements contained in the yamas and niyamas > > that Maharishi could have very reasonably felt that any individual > > following the tenets of their culture and religion while at the same > > time practicing TM would get the substance of Patanjali's 8 limbs. > > It was a nice and emminently practical scheme. > > Thanks, and yes, I thought of that as well, but...and here's the but, > perhaps most TM'ers weren't Religious to begin with or relied on TM to > be their main source of Religious/spiritual guidance. > > This was a big mistake, because for these people it became *Science in > lieu of Religion* and Science in lieu of Religion will always be weak > and ineffective compared to Science combined with Religion or Science > taught in the context of Religion like 'Religious Science'. > > Without the foundation of Spirituality (which is Religion) it's like a > slow boat to China, you'll get there but it'll take a lot longer. You > can't be a sinner and a saint at the same time...just doesn't work > that way! Nice post!! > **end** It may have been that when Maharishi first came to the West, religion was more central to people's lives than when our generation came to TM in the 60s and 70s; or maybe from the hyper-religious culture that Maharishi came from he just presumed a similar attitude in the rest of the world which didn't prove to be the case. It was a good and powerful influence in the world, though, and judging by the majority of posters here, whether or not they still practice any part of it, still a good and powerful thing overall. Thanks.
