--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 7, 2009, at 9:23 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: > > > > > > > Om, the TM deniers. What is it they hate so much > > > > about TM? On a scale of things, the things they dislike so much that > > > > would set them to work so hard against things TM? > > > > Just wondering. > > > > > > Om, I don't know any TM deniers, but my guess is what is so upsetting > > > to many people is when a group claiming to have spiritual truths > > > constantly bombards the media outlets with lies and exaggerations--and > > > then enlists their own members to cover their tracks by hiding in blog > > > and in newspaper article comment sections. > > > > > > > Of the activist Transcendental Meditation haters fighting TM on these blogs > > and who would go out & show up in public meetings aagainst TM like at > > meetings opposing DLF, are the deniers mostly Christians doing their > > fundamentalist thing? & some TM quitters? > > > > What do you see? > > > > Just wondering. > > > > > Reading these replies and looking at those anti-TM webpages, > > seems there are at least four types of Transcendental Meditation deniers. > > > TM deniers: > > 1. "upsetting to many people is when a group claiming to have spiritual > truths constantly bombards the media outlets with lies and exaggerations" > > 2. "Losers are provoked by success." > > 3."religious fundamentalism" > > 4. "It's just that it's so entertaining" For fun. >
For me, because I was involved with TM and know people lost to the cult of TMO, I sometimes comment when unsupported claims are promoted as The Proven Truth. I also sometimes defend critics when they get attacked by the TM'ers. I find myself bothered when people assume that there is something wrong with you if you criticize. So the TBs get to go on and on promoting TM, making all sorts of unsupported claims, but when Mike or Ruth or John Knapp says something critical we are accused of having an agenda, of being stupid, of being mentally ill (?!), or even psychopaths! I suppose to people looking in the TBs come off looking pretty bad when this happens. Frankly, one reason I came to my own negative conclusions about TM is due to how TMists and TBs act and sound, both in person and on the net. As far as your points, if people think TM is great for them maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I'd like to know what their families think. :) I haven't been to a site where religious fundamentalists attack the TBs. Bet they both come off looking bad. I don't find it fun at all to engage and often take long breaks. I rarely post here anymore because it is not very enjoyable.
