Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
Says the guy who practically invented the concept. :) Lawson, I don't really think we need to revisit why the posting limit was implemented in the first place... do we? :) Sal On May 20, 2011, at 3:42 PM, sparaig wrote: Sorry to not edit the below, but just wanted to emphasize the response

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-20 Thread Vaj
On May 20, 2011, at 9:10 PM, WillyTex wrote: Sorry to not edit the below, but just wanted to emphasize the response ratio: one line vs spew. Sal: Lawson, I don't really think we need to revisit why the posting limit was implemented in the first place... So, we could at least get in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-19 Thread Vaj
On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Perhaps a useful question is this: just how deep does the purity of the teaching have to be to ensure that a meditator has a correct experience of TM, or some other technique. From what teachers told me, there seem to be two

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-19 Thread Vaj
On May 19, 2011, at 8:33 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Perhaps a useful question is this: just how deep does the purity of the teaching have to be to ensure that a meditator

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-19 Thread Peter
--- On Thu, 5/19/11, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 8:33 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 17, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Learning about TM and Maharishi from the ironically named TM-Free Blog is like attempting to learn about black people from the KKK. Not quite logical.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 17, 2011, at 11:15 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: This appears to be correct. However, many who practice TM, many who practice other methods, do have very strong and seemingly unshakable beliefs related to the practises, so the question arises, because these beliefs did not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo

2011-05-17 Thread Vaj
On May 17, 2011, at 10:04 AM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj: ...bypassed my critical thinking, and went straight into my belief system. TM practice isn't based on beliefs, so apparenty Sudarsha was not practicing TM. In TM practice you go beyond or transcend critical thinking. Anyone who attempts