This letter has features of erroneous logic typical of fundamentalism as has the person, who visited the writer.
I haven't seen anyone levitating yet. And the claim of 90% reduce of illness in TM practitioners is just obnoxious as it is very untrue for most meditators. I recently participated a seminar, where a theosopher gave an introduction. He cited from Jesus saying: I'm the path, the truth, and life. (Sorry I don't know the exact English formula) This man had understood that each one of us are the path, the truth and life. Great insight, huge awakening. Irmeli --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Letter to the editor of the Fairfield Ledger by Laurence Topliffe, August > 18. Again, if you want to write a letter to the editor in response to this > or the other one, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include your real name and > where you live. Keep it under 500 words. > > To the editor: > A couple days ago, I was sitting at my computer when a gentleman knocked on > my door. When I asked what he wanted, he asked me if I was concerned with > what was going on in the world such as child abductions and other crimes. I > said of course I was. He replied that he would like to speak with me about a > solution. I said that he must not know about the U.S. Peace Government and > what we were doing which would end this and other crimes. He said he know > about it but that the whole thing was just a sham. > > When I tried to tell him that he was wrong and basically didn¹t know > anything about it, he said he didn¹t want to debate me and when I tried to > show him how he was wrong he literally jumped off the porch and ran down the > sidewalk. > > I know that this person was going to tell me what his religion says and to > try to convince me that the only way to end the crimes is to become a member > of his religion or pray with him and others. > > For anyone to think that the U.S. Peace Government and the knowledge it is > based on is a sham is frankly quite absurd, for a number of reasons. First, > it would mean that all those who benefited from the technique really didn¹t. > (They must be deluded.) Second, it would mean that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, > who brought the TM technique to the world, is a liar or is also deluded or > something. Third, it would mean that all the research (or perhaps only some > I\of it), research that has been published in some of the most prestigious > scientific journals in the world and which shows, among other things, that > the crime rate falls when the number of TM meditators (or yogic flyers) in > an area is high enough, that the practice reduces illness by as much as 90 > percent, that it increases mental potential, etc., is all fake and that the > scientists who did the research and also the ones who accepted the research > for publication, were somehow in collusion to perpetrate a hoax on the > entire human race. It would mean that the yogic flyers are not really > levitating but are only pretending to and that the research that shows that > the brain wave coherence within and between the hemispheres increases > dramatically when they are levitating is nothing but a bunch of lies. It > would mean that the seven judges in St. Louis, Mo., who are sentencing > offenders to practice the TM technique are basing their decisions on > nothing. It would mean that the students who said they found schoolwork > easier, more enjoyable and got better grades and enjoyed school more, have > been lying or are also deluded. > > It¹s clear that it¹s not the meditators who are deluded. It¹s those who > think that the meditators are who are deluded. It is very unfortunate that > many of those who think that way do so because of what their religion tells > them. > > When I was going to church, I remember being told that Jesus was an example > of what we could all become. By now, it should be clear that one can¹t > become like him by going to church or praying. If that was true, by this > time, thousands of members of all religions would have become like him and > would have gained the ability to perform ³miracles.² Not only have religions > not achieved this, many clergy have committed some of the heinous acts > imaginable. Yet those who practice the TM technique can describe what Jesus > called the ³Kingdom of Heaven within.² They can describe it because the TM > practice allows one to experience it. > > Laurence Topliffe, Fairfield ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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