You know where I can find these advanced techniques? I do not want to pay
dollars to learn
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" <turquoi...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marcio" <tmer1306@> wrote:
> >
> > thank you turquoise
> >
> > sri pronunciation (shri)
> >
> > is like sh in Fresh?
> >
> > but and the other six techniques you can say in detail?
> >
> > or do you not know?
> >
> > thank you so much
>
> I don't know. I got a bunch of them back during my
> Gullible Idiot days, but haven't practiced any of
> them for decades and thus don't remember any more
> right now other than one that added "sri sri" at
> the front rather than a single "sri." I assume
> that this was a technique for those who felt that
> a single sri was not toadying enough. :-)
>
> All comments in parentheses in my original post are
> MY OPINION. You are not likely to get this inform-
> ation from the TM organization, although IMO as a
> former TM teacher it is all true. The TMO will never
> tell you the meaning of the mantras they sell or the
> syllables they tack on to them as extra-cost "add-ons,"
> and will use weasel words like "fertilizer" to avoid
> doing so.
>
> Vaj's perspective is colored by the fact that he,
> like me, has learned meditation techniques from
> other organizations, none of whom nickle and dime
> their students to death by trying to sell them
> "pieces" of a mantra that should have been complete
> in the first place. Me, I don't "do" mantra medi-
> tation at all, so this is all academic to me.
>
> To put this in perspective, some have had good
> results with the TM technique itself, and with the
> "advanced techniques" that they sell. You may gather
> that I am not one of them. :-) So I'd suggest that
> you take neither my word or Vaj's as definitive,
> and do your own investigating if you are sincerely
> interested in this subject. Caveat emptor, no
> matter what the source of information is.
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" <turquoiseb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 5, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Marcio wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hello .. I wonder .. Anyone know all the techniques taught
> > > > > by MMY ... ? advanced techniques known as fertilizer? or
> > > > > special techniques?
> > > > >
> > > > > thank you in advanced
> > > >
> > > > The advanced techniques are an opportunity to tap your ability to
> > > > accept the incredible source of bullshit within. Here's how it
> > > > works currently:
> > > >
> > > > "All those who have been practicing the Transcendental Meditation
> > > > technique or an Advanced Technique regularly for a minimum of 18
> > > > months may apply for instruction in an Advanced Technique. It is
> > > > recommended that one continues to receive Advanced Techniques
> > > > regularly every 18 months. There must be at least six months
> > > > between learning an Advanced Technique and learning the
> > > > TM-Sidhi® program."
> > > >
> > > > Take TM, 2500 USD...
> > > >
> > > > wait 18 months, cough up 2500 more dollars for 1st advanced
> > > > technique
> > > >
> > > > 2nd advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > 3rd advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > 4th advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > 5th advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > 6th advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > 7th advanced technique...2500 more dollars
> > > >
> > > > Total time spent: about 12 years. Does not include TM Sidhi program.
> > > >
> > > > Total dollar amount: approx. 20,000 US dollars.
> > > >
> > > > That's a lot of fertilizer.
> > >
> > > I'll save you some time.
> > >
> > > For the first one, just add "namah" to your existing
> > > mantra, at the end. ("Namah" means "I bow down," so
> > > you are essentially bowing down to the deity represented
> > > by your mantra.)
> > >
> > > For the second, just add "sri" before the mantra
> > > combination above. ("Sri" means "glorious" or "exalted,"
> > > so in addition to bowing down to the deity in question,
> > > you are now toadying up by telling him/her how marvelous
> > > he/she is.)
> > >
> > > There. I've just saved you $5000 and three years of
> > > waiting. :-)
> > >
> > > Might I suggest that anyone who runs in screaming that
> > > I'm violating some vow of privacy by telling the truth
> > > about this and that I'm messing with your "innocence"
> > > is in my opinion not concerned about you at all. They're
> > > really hoping to keep secret the fact that they paid
> > > this much money (or at the very least a sizable sum)
> > > to get the same information directly from the TMO. Some
> > > don't want others to know how much they paid for ferti-
> > > lizer out of fear that those others might consider
> > > them gullible idiots.
> > >
> > > Turq, CEO
> > > Recovering Gullible Idiots 'R Us, Inc.
> > >
> >
>
