On Mar 10, 2011, at 4:10 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
I couldn't help but notice the Thoreau-like simplicity and humility
of the Dalai Lama's recent announcement, and mentally compare both
the message and the layout of the Web page to TMO "pronouncements"
on their Websites. Compare and contrast the following pages, and do
the "feel" test as to which one seems to reflect qualities you'd
associate with compassion, egolessness, and what it might be like
to be a fairly human human being, and which one...uh...you'd not
associate with those qualities so much.
The Dalai Lama's recent announcement of his intention to step down
as political leader of Tibet-In-Exile, in favor of free elections:
http://dalailama.com/news/post/655-statement-of-his-holiness-the-
dalai-lama-on-the-52nd-anniversary-of-the-tibetan-national-uprising-
day
Couldn't find a similar announcement by Da King...yet, but here's
what his pronouncements look and feel like:
http://www.vedicknowledge.com/nader.html
Which personality seems more about ego and which feels more about
egolessness? Which site uses designers with a color sense that
could be described as 'subtle' and 'appropriate' and which hires
designers whose work would be considered 'gaudy' in kindergarten
classes? Which speaks in clear, plain English and which speaks in
buzzwords that no one other than a pre-brainwashed elite would
understand? Which seems in touch with the real world and which does
not? Which uses language that seems to indicate that he cares about
the people he leads and for all people, and which does not? Which
is shinola and which is the real shit? You decide.
It used to be meditation consumers looking for a meditation method to
chill with would look at what was out there and the most prominent
contender, with glossy brochures and faux-research was TM, front and
foremost, ready to sell.
Now that's changing. TM has largely been exposed for what it is,
along with it's founder.
I recently changed physicians (old one is retiring) and picked a new
one trained under Andrew Weil and an expert in Integrative Medicine.
She passed on to me a number of recommendations, including the
current integrative prescription for meditation. Part and parcel of
that prescription is the now established fact that more compassionate
minds are healthier for themselves and those around them. Less heart
problems and a host of other benefits. TM is sometimes mentioned but
is towards the bottom of the list. And I suspect modern meditation
consumers will see right through the sattvic paste-on smile of the TM
dweeb selling them their mantra with a load of quantum crapola.
Consider the following list, from my physician:
Practitioners of meditation may experience the following effects:
Increased sense of self-determination and freedom, instead of feeling
like a passive victim [i.e. unlike long-term TM followers]
Less focus on self (own desires and needs) in exchange for enhanced
love and compassion for others [less narcissistic rather than more
narcisisstic]
Deepening of spiritual life and religious experience [No need to
relinquish your own life for a mythical but superior "Vedic" lifestyle].
With time and persistent practice, release of negative habits of
grasping, desire, aversion, anger, and fear [beyond end of world fear
scenarios]
Feeling of oneness and connection increasing in frequency and
duration [actual expansion of consciousness rather than nurturing
delusions and psychological disorders]
Allocentric meditation is in, narcissistic meditation methods and
groups are passe. The world depends on it. TM, is on it's way out.
