--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Meera Watts" <meerawatts@> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > First of all I would like to thank you for accepting me as a > > member of the group. > > A little about myself first. My name is Meera Watts and I am from > > Singapore. I am a house wife having one 9 months old son. I am in > > process of learning internet marketing, share trading and options > > trading. I do a bit of options trading in US. So far no luck lost > > a bit of money. But as an optimistic I have not given up yet. I > > like cooking, astrology, meditation and alternate healing. I have > > attended few of OSHOs meditation camps. But these days I spend > > most of my time with my son and on internet learning new things > > and look for the opportunities. > > I think Internet is amazing place where people from the whole > > global meet together and share their knowledge. That is all for > > now. > > Regards, > > Meera > > Ya, sure, sure...good...good.. > Could, we see your badge, please?
Meera, Please excuse Robert's lame joke, which you will not understand. It has to do with the fact that the so- called spiritual organization that most people on this forum have in common really *does* require badges to indicate whether a person "deserves" to be able to meditate with them. Welcome, but be warned. This organization, referred to here often as the TMO or TM organization, has taught its students for 40 years that theirs is the *best* form of meditation in the universe, and the most effective at producing enlightenment. That same organization has failed to produce even one person in all those 40 years whom they can point at as enlightened. Do you detect something wrong with this picture? Many others on this forum do as well. They may have positive feelings for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the "headstart" that he gave them on the spiritual path, but have since taken other paths, and prefer them. They are open-minded and rarely try to push their opinions on others as Truth. The True Believer (TB) TMers (practitioners of Transcendental Mediation or TM) you will encounter here WILL try to push their opinions on you as some kind of Truth. Mention Osho to them and they will most likely launch into an impassioned diatribe about what a slimeball he was, and against you per- sonally for bringing him up. Don't take it too seriously; they do this with ANY other teacher than Maharishi. They have been *trained* to do this, in many cases for 30 to 40 years. I happen to agree with you about the Internet being a place where people can share their knowledge. I'm just warning you that a LOT of folks you will encounter on this forum don't really feel like sharing. Their approach instead is to repeat the things they have been taught are "knowledge" over and over and over, declare them the "best knowledge" or the "highest knowledge," and put down anyone who doesn't agree. Don't take my word for it. Just watch the posts made by the following list of members. These are people who are all dedicated 30-to-40 year practitioners of TM (with no experience of any other techniques), and who thus should be examples of what it produces. Pay attention to their *behavior* and their *intent* and the things they choose to focus on as much as you do their words, and see whether you think it represents "knowledge" you would be interested in acquiring. shukra69 authfriend (Judy Stein) off_world_beings nablusoss1008 WillyTex (Richard Williams) bill_hicks_ride (It's just a ride) babajii_99 (Robert) shempmcgurk bob_brigante wgm4u (BillyG) jr_esq (John) Raunchydog
