Yes the husband was standing there not saying anything but the situation, with BBC cameras invading your privacy, would create an artificial and unrepresentative impression. Personally I liked the wife who did smile(!) and talked about her practice of TM in a family of six quite humbly and realistically, and the two kids too were OK, particularly the younger daughter. So I think Vaj you are being rather too harsh on them. Not sure they were meant to be the "ideal" TM family either, just maybe the more accommodating at the time (for the interviews).. I certainly wouldn't be my ordinary self on camera..
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 4, 2008, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > By taking a financial risk and moving to Fairfield, IA in order to > > practice group yogic flying > > for hte sake of world peace, meditators are obviously acting "for > > the greater good." > > > "Acting" is probably a good word for it. Of course they could also > just be fools lured by false promises and milked like cash cows. > > I found the "ideal TM family" from the BBC documentary very telling, > as I screened it for several psychiatric professionals over the > weekend. All were creeped out on the coldness of the husband and the > superficiality of the wife. It was as if they devoid of emotion, like > emotional and compassion anemics. No range, not a smile and > blankness. One person said she would have run out of the house if she > walked into a place that. > > They'd both been meditating 35 years. >
