--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis wrote: > > So if Maharishi really did define-down > > enlightenment as feeling "peaceful and > > content inside yourself", I would say, > > "I wish you had told me that in the first > > place before I spent all my time in Europe > > and India with my eyes closed instead of > > going out to expand my mind by interacting > > with the world beyond the inside of my > > eyelids. > > > So, exactly, how many years did you waste?
None, I had a good time behind my eyelids, I just wish I had done more site seeing. > > And for what purpose, if you were already > happy and active? For the purpose of having enjoyable experiences behind my eyelids. > > I mean, why would anyone who is happy and > active want to sit on their ass for years if > they already had a state of happy and active > state of mind? Because enlightenment was pitched as more than that. > > Didn't the Marshy tell you at the beginning > that the purpose of TM and TTC was to be > happy and active? It was one of the purposes. > > > I basically missed out on a lot of great > > food to gain the state of mind I already > > have. > > > This doesn't even make any sense. We weren't allowed to eat in local restaurants where I would eat local food. > > You must have been sleeping when he told > everyone else that TM was all about being > happy and active. Go figure. That was not all it was about according to Maharishis which was the point of my post which you, as usual, missed, >
