> Having sex doesn't change ones state of consciousness > in any fundamental way.
It does if you're doing it right. Just sayin'... :-) "Doing it right" does NOT include, in my view, what many TM guys did for many years. I watched their act on courses, and watched them make out like bandits *while pretending to be celibate*. The all-too-common ATR course pickup line was, "Yes, I know the benefits of celibacy. Maharishi has explained this to us often, and it's reflected in most of the scriptures we read. But I'm just *so* attracted to you..." The result would be a one-night stand with the female initiator who fell for this routine, after which the guy in question (often a member of International Staff) would blow them off, act all contrite and guilty, and then go back to pretending to be celibate. I watched one German International Staffer run this routine on five different women during one six-week mixed-gender ATR course. I can honestly say that I never resorted to this sad and dishonest pickup technique. I was open and honest about my...uh...non-celibate status, and even if I hadn't been, my reputation in the TMO preceded me. Early on, I had listened to a talk by Maharishi in which he had delineated the different ways of life for a spiritual seeker. In it, he said that the only two viable paths were that of the celibate recluse and the married householder. "Anything else," he said, "was a waste of life." I heard that line, and I relaxed. I finally knew which group I belonged to. I was in the Waste Of Life group. Little did I know at the time that he was, too.
