On Apr 2, 2005, at 4:44 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
> It seems to be very common. > There are a couple of them on this board, a bunch of the them in > Fairfield, and then there's Chopra, Shankar, a couple of long term > purusha guys in France who started their own New Age movement. > There must be a ton of them. > Most of them seem to emphasize moodmaking. I came across a recording > of Chopra that is sold on the internet teaching a form of meditation > about breathing. It was very moodmaking and superficial sounding to > me, but I suppose maybe someone who needed some sense of peace and > belonging might feel better because of it. > > I noticed when I was in the TM movement the governers tended to be > very pretentious and arrogant. They are less so now. But many of > them that have left the TM movement have carried that egotistical > need to be a 'Guru' and tell everyone what the truth is. Wow, I found myself agreeing with you up to the next couple of sentences <eerie music>. I don't know that I'd call it merely moodmaking, I'd call it ego-display--which is really much worse--and amusing to watch in a sad kind of way. > Vaj is > trying to start his own movement for example and is trying to get > followers right here on these boards. It is subtle, he may not even > be aware he is doing it, and some here are taken in by it, but it is > obvious it is his desire. No, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I am not looking for more students. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
