Michael, I'm genuinely curious: how do you reconcile all that you believe about TM with the fact that someone as smart and successful and healthy as Dr. Oz practices TM and endorses it? I'm thinking that for famous people like Lynch and Paul McCartney, Howard Stern and Seinfeld, etc. they're just grateful to have found a technique that enables them to not only survive but thrive in the very demanding entertainment field.
PS to Emily, thanks for your reply smile. ________________________________ From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodle...@mail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > How about Jack Forem? He just got added at the top. > > > > > > From NYTimes page: > Jack Forem Boise, Idaho > "I recently released an updated version of a book on TM written in the 1970s. > I thought the update would take me a couple of months, but the process of > sorting through the vast amount of published, top-quality, peer-reviewed > scientific research, and the number of compassionate and helpful programs > such as those cited in the article on David Lynch's foundation, kept me > engaged in research and writing for two years. I have practiced TM since > 1967, taught it, and helped to train TM teachers. Yet I must say I was > overwhelmed – and I do not use that word lightly – by the extent and depth of > the benefits I uncovered in my research. From greatly improved health, better > educational outcomes, stress reduction, and the awakening to higher states of > consciousness, to replicated interventions in war-torn areas that resulted in > calm and peace, the benefits of TM are thoroughly demonstrated and truly > extraordinary. I find it sad that some misinformed and/or angry people find it necessary to attack such a good thing, that has helped, and is helping, so many. I would urge them to investigate more deeply and re-think their position." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/david-lynch-transcendental-meditation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& But all of these angry people are TMers for whom it didn't work or who got fed up with the way the organisation operated after working there for years and thus can't really be said to be misinformed. But their story was somehow neglected from his research?