--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > Yet another round of people *who have never > practiced any other technique of meditation > other than TM* declaring over and over, "TM > is unique!!!" The absurdity of it staggers > the imagination. > > At least Vaj has *practiced* other forms of > meditation, and thus has the ability to com- > pare them to TM. But WHY BOTHER? What is the > point of making such comparisons for people > so stupid as to believe that they can declare > how unlike any other technique of meditation > (and how superior) TM is, *while never having > experienced any other techniques*.
See, the problem here (as Barry knows) isn't that Vaj doesn't think TM is unique or superior, it's that in making his comparisons, *he isn't describing TM accurately*. Using Barry's crayon analogy, it's as if Vaj were claiming that crayons were inferior to water colors because you can only make pictures in black and white with crayons. Even those who have never made pictures with water colors or any other medium know that crayons produce a wide range of colors. Even Vaj's claim that TM isn't effortless is based on an inaccurate description of TM. I've seen Barry give perfectly accurate descriptions of TM, so there's no question Barry knows Vaj's are inaccurate. So do all the others here who have taught TM or practiced it for a significant period. (Even those who had just learned it would most likely know this, for that matter.) It doesn't matter *how* many other techniques Vaj has studied or for how long. If he can't give an accurate account of what TM is, there's no way he can make valid comparisons.
