--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > > Well, it's deteriorating despite (and also > > > in many respects because of) the TMO's best > > > efforts to maintain the purity--not within > > > the TMO itself, but outside of it. > > > > > > Whether you think the purity of the teaching > > > is important depends on whether you think the > > > teaching is definitive, of course. > > > > > > (I'm referring here to the teaching about the > > > nature and mechanics of consciousness, not to > > > any of the subsidiary stuff, politics and > > > Rajas and so on.) > > > > MMY's main concern with "purity of the teaching" has always (at > > least how I see it) been concerning the way in which TM is taught, > > not the theoretical stuff, which he considers to be at best, > > secondary. > > I should have made it clear I was including > instruction in the techniques, not just the > theoretical stuff; and as you say the instruction > is the most crucial part. But when you begin to > mess with the theoretical stuff, it has > implications for the instruction as well, so at > least some of the basic principles are important > as well.
Sure, but only insomuch as the intellectual analysis might interfere with the practice. MMY could have described TM in terms of God's Grace, which is an entirely different approach, on its face, and still have presented the core point of no-effort/no-control/no-expectations/no-etc. Alarik Arenander explains TM in terms of the physiological functioning of the brain, and still manages to impart the effortlessness thing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
