> > I also remember the character doing TM in 'breakfast of champions' was > beaten to death in the very next paragraph!
Later in the book Bunny's father goes crazy and attacks Bunny. Instead of fighting his father off with his extensive military training he begins to meditate as the father grinds his face into a piano. It may be Kurt was not so impressed with TM. Incidentally, I went to a "retreat" type thing with the Budhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. This included some "mindfullness" meditation and a Sangha. He put me in a really passive mood. It did have a feeling of great awareness and presence but at the same time it was a little creepy. I felt a bit like a zombie or a pod person. I was wondering why all the monks put up with it. TM never made me feel passive like that. s.
