--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall <thomas.pall@...> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:01 PM, turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply, Vaj. I cannot disagree with your assessment. One > > thing that never ceases to amaze me is how people can cling to beliefs > > and work tirelessly to preserve the appearance that they are true, long > > after other more reasonable people would have realized that they were > > not. > > > > But for me the "tipping point" into this world of clinging to > > appearances was not the introduction of the TM-Sidhi program itself but > > the rebranding of it in terms of self importance. That, essentially, is > > what the shift from "You perform the Sidhis as a way to realize your own > > enlightenment" to "You perform the Sidhis as a kind of sacred duty, > > because by doing so you become One Of The Most Important People On > > Earth, one of the select few, the holy thud of whose butt-bounces can > > bring about world peace and an Age Of Enlightenment" was. It was a > > radical shift into the world of self importance and the amplification of > > individual ego. > > > > > You've got the timing wrong. I remember the first residence course I was > on which had a governess, one of the first back from Switzerland. This > was when the sidhis were a rocket ship for TM, which had already been > described by Maharishi as the rocket ship to enlightenment.
snip> The Siddhis program IS a Rocket ship to enlightenment, without it, it could take a million years, with it, a mere 7 lifetimes or so, come on! ;-) (The devil is in the details).
