She seems pissed that the course was so expensive. Assuming this was really a standard TM initiation, she seems to have confused the introductory lectures as being part of having already learned meditation before getting the mantra. In other words she has a confused memory. Or, more likely in my opinion, she has given a spin to the article to ward off others who might want to learn. On the other hand, TM initiation hardly looks like something secular. Before I got the 'spiritual bug', I would never get involved in something like this, but because I had had certain experiences, and sought out meditation deliberately from that point, it did not matter so much.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > no robes either huh? Ever heard of a raja? > > Wouldn't be doing initiations in robes. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: authfriend <authfriend@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:33 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Inner Peace > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > why do you think that was wrong - haven't you met any off the > > > wall people in TM? > > > > Oh, Michael. You know as well as I do that no "official" > > TM teacher would teach the way she describes. Either she > > was never initiated and made up her account based on > > piecing together little dribs and drabs she'd heard from > > others (and getting them seriously fouled up), or she has > > an incredibly bad memory and didn't bother to check with > > anybody else before she wrote her article. Either way, > > her story can't be trusted. > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: authfriend <authfriend@> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:03 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Inner Peace > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > A beautifully written article about TM and the race to > > > > inner space. > > > > > > Funny how she gets so many of her facts wrong, isn't it? > > > You'd almost think she'd learned TM from some independent > > > who'd gone *way* off the range. Among other things, > > > according to her, her teacher gave out the mantras at the > > > end of the course, as a "graduation ceremony," and he wore > > > a robe during the initiations. > > > > > > > http://www.alternet.org/economy/transcendental-meditation-how-i-paid-2500-password-inner-peace > > > > > > > > > >
