--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > Veru nice little story, thanks.
It depends. For example, what if dad was a Christian Scientist telling his diabetic daughter that prayer will heal her, and he gives her detailed explanations of the theories over and over again. He may even have a personal experience where he was sick and was better after prayer. She becomes angry and stomps off in a huff. Dad throws up his hands and laughs. Dad doesn't come off so good in this story. You can understand some theories and not agree with them. The diabetic daughter may understand everything dad is saying but disagree. As well she should. There may be more support for one theory or another and sometimes so much support that a theory can be discarded. The earth is not flat. You will die from diabetes if it is not treated. Sometimes there is wiggle room and people can just disagree. Find God by accepting Jesus? Find God by meditating? Find God by doing good? Find God by stimulating your brain with electrodes? I, ex-meditator may understand what MMY said, and said again and again, but disagree or have different theories than Nabby the meditator, but it doesn't make me laughable and it doesn't make you laughable. I may understand Off when he talks about consciousness research but I may disagree with the conclusions he draws. It doesn't make either of us laughable. I believe that the TM initiation process puts people into a suggestible state, so the meditation is more likely to be relaxing. Pat, my teacher, believed that the initiation process enlivens the mantra and shows respect for tradition. We had different theories, neither of us are laughable.
