--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That may be in part because apart from and because of my experience > of > the TM I've committed myself to the basic principles found in > > religious texts and synthesized in the words I've come across from > > Guru Dev [SBS] - in particular, looking to God. > > Thanks for your thoughts. I suspect I would have ended up with this > approach if I had continued with a spiritual orientation. Very > interesting.
Curtis, stop your singing of the blues, you are an immortal soul. Repent your ways and turn to the light. Your old Quaker Friend, -Doug in FF > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > So I still hope there are people meditating regularly to find out > > > where it all leads, although I think we might already know. Meditation > > > is a nice break in your day. It can help you feel centered which is > > > no small feat in a hustle bustle world. But it isn't worth putting on > > > a golden hat for, is it? > > > > > > I hope others will weigh in. I am especially interested in people who > > > have reconciled the silliness with what they value in the movement. > > > Do they also see it as a schizophrenic movement? What am I missing? > > > > > > For me, the Transcendental Meditation has brought me satisfactorily > > far beyond what I expected - but where and what it has brought me has > > absolutely ZERO in reference to or in common with what I see as the > > total utter bullshit of the TMO. > > > > That may be in part because apart from and because of my experience of > > the TM I've committed myself to the basic principles found in > > religious texts and synthesized in the words I've come across from > > Guru Dev [SBS] - in particular, looking to God. > > > > I truly don't see how anyone can honestly strive for individual > > *genuine* realization within a context that is so full of everything > > I've thoroughly despised my whole life - mainly characterized by > > pretense, ignorance, posturing, irrelevance, lack of authenticity, > > sycophantic subservience to blatantly obvious incongruity and clear > > absurdity, obeisance to money and pecking order status, --- I could > > make a very big list. > > >
