--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Now, since I have been indulging your ques- > > > > tions, please indulge one of mine. Would you > > > > have any objections to attendees at the up- > > > > coming McCartney concert being handed a > > > > flyer containing only the English translation > > > > of the TM puja -- no commentary, only a sim- > > > > ple explanation that this was a translation > > > > of the ceremony their kids would be witnessing > > > > and asked at the end to participate in by > > > > kneeling down -- as they went into the concert? > > > > > > YES, I'd object, because it would be misleading. > > > As I said in my previous post: > > > > > > What I would like above all would be for folks > > > to have the *complete* picture. It wouldn't > > > satisfy the fundamentalist types, of course, > > > but I'd be willing to bet that a good portion > > > of the more reasonable folks, including many > > > nonfundamentalist religionists, would realize > > > the "Hindu origins" bit is just not significant. > > > > > > But there's *no way* people can ever have the > > > complete picture without really getting into it, > > > including plenty of experience of the technique. > > > > > > In between virtually no information about TM's > > > origins and context and full information, there's > > > a big swath of *partial* information that is > > > essentially misleading. If one thinks practice > > > of the TM technique is highly beneficial for > > > most people, and conveying full information > > > isn't a practical option, what does one do? > > > > What you do, obviously. > > > > Lie to them. > > > > Overtly, or by omission. > > Did anyone else notice the one post > of the day that Judy was unable to > or unwilling to reply to?
Gettin' a little tetchy, are ya, Barry, because of all the inanities of yours I've been highlighting? Having a little trouble responding to those, are ya? I've made my case. You can call it whatever the freak you want to. But you aren't exactly in a position to complain about anybody else "lying," are ya? > The bottom line is that I am merely > recommending providing as much infor- > mation to prospective TM students as > possible, and Judy is recommending > withholding certain information, or > providing it only if she or others > can "spin" it positively. F'rinstance, this is a lie.
