--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > <mainstream20016@> wrote: > > > The genius of MMY was presenting TM as a secular technique. MMY's > Belgium Declaration > > of March 12, 1974 is key - wide and deep acceptance of TM results > from presenting TM in > > this manner. > > Indeed, however, it can be taught as a science only because it has > been adulterated from it's original and true context. TM has its > foundation in the Vedic Sanatana Dharma (eternal *Religion* of the > Vedas), as such, in its purest form it is a Religion. TM does not > exist in a vacuum as much as folks would like to think of it that way, > now you see (with all of MMY's add-ons) what the true intent was and is. > > Additionally, in order to teach TM as a secular science MMY had to > extract two of Patanjali's limbs of yoga, namely Yama and Niyama. TM, > as taught, is only 6/8th of a teaching (call it half a loaf) and hence > it's effectiveness is somewhat compromised (unless you use your common > sense and pick up the first two limbs on your own). >
It's still better to have half a loaf if you're starving. But, for the benefit of a determinedly secular chap who doesn't want to miss any limbs, what are Yama and Niyama?