I agree that mood making via religious-commandments, moral axioms, even daily prayers might have helped the TMO -- especially at this transition moment.
Still though, the big allure of TM was that one didn't have to "work at it" to be a good happy person....and religions, generally speaking, require a lot of time and effort to "make reality" for a practitioner. On the other hand, didn't the TMO institute TONS of moodmaking? Did we all get the message that we must force our minds to come up with rationalizations for the various jarring, goofyassed, creepy, and even illegal behaviors of the TMO's leaders? Maharishi: "Here, nearest trustable stooge, take this $10,000 in cash out of this country, hidden in your underwear, and don't get caught in customs." Stooge" "Maharishi is sooooooo perfect that he sees that this action is life-supporting and an exception to the rule of law. In fact, the law is evil in that it doesn't provide that my guru specifically is wise enough to determine these things." Like that. We all pretended ourselves into some rather odious compromises of our integrities. The first lecture is filled with assertions that our own experiences do not support, so right there we were required to moodmake IN PUBLIC. And now, if anything, try to find a TBer who isn't moodmaking about King Tony like a bride on her honeymoon night with Quazimodo (He's such a swinger! What hump?) Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's pretty clear to me now that if some of the rules of religion had > attended the TM technique many many followers of the Maharishi would now > still practice. For instance, if Maharishi had stressed - love they > neighbor, and - have faith. But alas such things were considered moods. > Instead Maharishi sought to reify the basic Hindu cosmoconception into the > Earth plane with all the caps and gowns forgetting that people don't believe > what they see, they believe what they feel. Most people function as based in > their moods. So a little positive mood making might have saved the momentum > of the Movement. >
