Great points, Ann. IMO the TMO is a wonderful, flawed, evolving organization in a beautiful, flawed, evolving universe. A person can simply use what's good and, if one wants, help heal and or develop what's still evolving. In my experience, this leads to more health and deep peace.
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 10:08 AM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : That's great and there are plenty of other like you. As well as plenty of others who have had their lives devastated by their practice of TM and TMSP as well as their affiliation with the Movement. Talk sometime to those long term TM practitioners who survived suicide attempts or the families of those whose attempts were successful and you may find a different perspective on TM. I have talked to some of them and I know whereof I speak. Suicide amongst long term TMSP'ers is one of the darkest and most ignored aspects of the Movement. This is such a complicated subject, MJ. Those who attempt suicide are complex subjects and certainly not you and maybe not even a mental health professional can always pinpoint why some people chose to take their own lives. To blame TM directly for suicides would be virtually impossible to do just as blaming a bad breakup, the loss of a job or a health crisis may not be the one and only, or even relevant factor, in why someone wants to kill themselves. Prior mental instability or psychological problems caused by chemical imbalances in the body and brain all contribute. Personality is another factor. The simplistic thinking inherent in blaming one thing only for the gargantuan decision to pull the plug on one's life is not doing anyone any favors. You are merely looking for an excuse to pin another accusation on TM for something that is multi-dimensional and extremely complex. ________________________________ From: "William Leed WLeed3@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] How to inspire confidence in your troops...I served 28 yrs now Ret Col TM is a great success4me & my troops who learned it TM has worked for me as well & 4 as many of my troops who learned it & continue to so practice it. I & a very few have joined various WPS & groups to more fully spread what we believe & in some cases even KNOW it to be a most positive effect in joys 4 me personally & those about me then. -----Original Message----- From: 'Richard J. Williams' punditster@... [FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 9:07 am Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] How to inspire confidence in your troops...NOT On 8/7/2014 2:03 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: In yet another wonderful revelation about the poverty of Israeli ethics... > >Several other points need to made on this subject: > > > * The TB has never served in the military and he is probably a draft dodger of some kind, although his parents apparently were career U.S. military. > * The TB is highly prone to the suggestions of others and under peer pressure to join groups that espouse some form of religious ideology. > * The TB lives in a country that is overtly anti-semitic - a country that shirked it's U.N. duty to protect innocent civilians in the Bosnia war, turning a blind eye to a slaughter. > > > >
