Or, maybe I said it that way because I was responding to Michael who has been critical - I was more acknowledging the benefits that seem apparent from the practice itself, separate from the org or guru who spearheaded the movement. I could have said...."I will say," that the benefits of TM come across.......
>________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:37 AM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Emily > > > >Just a figure of speech, conversational, if I really "hated to say it," I >wouldn't have said it. Smile. > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> >>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:24 AM >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back to Emily >> >> >> >>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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
