Emily, what is it you hate to say? And why?
________________________________ From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back I read it and the comments last night; hate to say, but leaving Maharishi and the TMO out, benefits from TM come across. >________________________________ > From: Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 10:51 AM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back > > > >Oh by the way, why not go visit the New York Times magazine article on Raja >David and his band of con artists again and see how many post there are. > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfri...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:10 AM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: >> >> While I do not want to get into this particular sparring match >> between MJ and JS about whether TM is a devotional practice or >> not, > >What Michael and I are actually "sparring" about is >Michael's unwillingness--or inability--to address the >case emptybill made that TM is not a devotional >practice. > >> the following link points to a few pages of Maharishi's Theory >> of Spiritual development from 1955, which is the earliest >> document I know of that describes his system of meditation. > >Actually the link doesn't "point to" anything. It doesn't >work (HTTP 404). > >> This is a PDF document, an excerpt from 'Beacon Light of the >> Himalayas'. > >And I'll just bet it's the excerpt in which Maharishi says: > >"...We find that any sound can serve our purpose of training the >mind to become sharp. But we do not select any sound like 'mike', >flower, table, pen, wall etc. because such ordinary sounds can >do nothing more than merely sharpening the mind; whereas there >are some special sounds which have the additional efficacy of >producing vibrations whose effects are found to be congenial >to our way of life. This is the scientific reason why we do not >select any word at random. For our practice we select only the >suitable mantras of personal Gods. Such mantras fetch to us the >grace of personal Gods and make us happier in every walk of >life." > >Right? > >> Because the TMO did not exist then, and this was published without a >> copyright, I will assume it is in the public domain. >> >> http://bit.ly/YQmNKW >> > > > > > >