--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote:
and Curtis > says it's just 'snake-oil' the Maharishi was > selling. On reflection this comparison seems a bit unfair. Considering that snake oils salesmen only promised to cure common diseases with their panaceas and Maharishi not only claimed his meditation was the solution to all problems not only for a person's life, both physical and mental, but also for society and the world as a whole...the level of flim-flamery seems ludicrously unequal. My apologies to snake oil salesmen. > > > > Bhairitu: > > ...some of the opinions expressed on FFL are > > from rank amateurs who only speculate on how > > TM works. Some never even became teachers. > > Some have never been to India nor met teachers > > outside of the TM movement. > > > So, by whose authority are you passing out these > 'guru' mantras? According to John Manning, a > former 'TM-Teacher', John 'initiated' thousands > of individuals, yet by his own account, he was > trained by an outright 'con man', the Maharishi. > > Hugo says the guy was a 'criminal' and Curtis > says it's just 'snake-oil' the Maharishi was > selling. > > Can you cite any scriptural evidence that would > give you authority to initiate someone into any > Tantric Siddha Tradition? > > Yes, I've been to India and I've been teaching > meditation for over thirty years, with direct > authorization from His Holiness The Dalai Lama. > > Apparently you overheard some nonsense gibbirsh > from a few grocery store clerks and an astrologer, > who now lives in downtown Oakland. > > What's up with that? >
