--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > I think your point is well taken, even though what > > > MMY said was on the margins...it was there! > > > > "On the margins"?? It was a whole section in SBAL, > > and TM teachers certainly heard a lot about it > > during TTC, from what they said. > > > > Touche! I would assume then, that you would > > > agree with me that TM *alone* is not a complete > > > system of spiritual unfoldment? > > > > Depends on how you define "a complete system of > > spiritual unfoldment." No system of spiritual > > unfoldment can live your life for you; you have > > to do that. You have to do that anyway, whether > > you're following some system of spiritual > > unfoldment or not. > > *Both are necessary and should go hand in hand*. > MMY on Religion SOBAL > > "The rituals of the various religions represent the > body, and the practice of directly experiencing Being > represents the Spirit. *Both are necessary and should > go hand in hand*. One will not survive without the > other." MMY
Right. Which is what I also pointed out to you a few days ago and you stoutly denied, claiming you were going to "disappear" if I could cite anywhere that MMY said this. > That is my only point, in actuality very few TM'ers > actually do this! > It has become *TM in lieu of Religion*. I was never > taught to teach that TM should be practiced *in > conjunction* with your Religion or that TM should go > hand in hand with your Religion. Funny, I heard exactly this from the TM teachers I listened to. But this doesn't have anything to do with the point I was making.