--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <fintlewoodle...@...> wrote: > > A rather irritating Guardian journalist goes in search of inner > peace.....
Why irritating? I enjoyed this. Some very funny bits. The Buddha statue in the shrine "for some reason reminds me of a very small football fan"--I don't see it myself from the photo, but it's an engaging image. I also liked "I am in danger of turning into a rug." (Question: How does a pot of stew manage to explode?? Maybe she was using a pressure cooker and the vent was clogged?) > http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/08/tanya-gold-meditation > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/08/tanya-gold-meditatio\ > n> > > From my own experience I'll say that TM does not prevent > anger, there are no shortage of stroppy, short fused people > in the TMO. The only reason I don't count myself among > there number is that I retain a bit of self awareness and > can hold it back until I've rationalised whether someone > deserves a good kicking or not. > > In fact it was one of the great surprises to me that TM made > me very angry indeed and quite a lot of the time, last thing > I expected given the literature. FWIW, only time I experienced anger related to TM was finding myself a bit touchy right after doing my TM-Sidhis program. I extended my rest afterward for about 10 minutes, and that went away. <snip> > Maybe TM is unsuitable for some people and we'd be better > off doing a different, less fraught, type. Don't know how TM could be considered "fraught." It might well bring out fraughtness in *people* who are fraught, though. Did you ever try resting longer afterward? Sorry, I know that's the TM party line, but it worked for me.
