--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > May I ask, how did you happen to disengage? > > > > > > I sometimes wonder how likely it is for a long term true believer to give > > > it up and lose faith. And whether it simply is a drifting away or a more > > > sudden "aha" moment. > > > > Usually, from my experiences meeting virtually thousands of people, it's > > due to lack of good experiences during meditation usually because of an > > undisciplined lifestyle. > > That ofcourse is just one of many reasons but definately the most common. > > > > I appreciate your perspective on this. But TM or even the Siddhis were never > promoted as something that required a disciplined lifestyle. Or do you just > mean the discipline to meditate twice a day?
Or eating a huge meal minutes before you meditate. The outer pressures from for example spouses and children can take a huge toll unless one is disciplined. That's why being single usually, but not always, makes things easier. If not disciplined small thing like overeating or not getting enough sleep will make experiences dull to the point when someone might think it's a waste of time to meditate or follow a time-consuming TM-Sidhi programme. The wast majority who drop out do so for these mundane reasons.
