---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
I liked it so much I ditched my job and moved in. So yes, it's quite sweet
that he can get carried away at his age and level of experience
Did you tell your employers why you were quitting, to move into a TM facility?
No but it didn't come as a surprise when I told them later. My Mum was worried
that I was joining a cult and got some friends to get a plan together to break
me out if it came to it. LOL. Shame it didn't come to that, I'd like to have
seen them break in during purusha programme and bundle me out to an
exit-counsellor.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 3:13 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote :
What cynics you two are! I found his article rather sweet.
So did I. What I find interesting is the TM scientist getting all carried away
and spiritual about what he must know is neurological wibble-wobble. If he
knows that TM alters blood flow and serotonin levels in the brain then he knows
that his experiences mean a big subjective nothing, at least no more than any
other experience he has does.
It's good to see someone keeping the faith.
I like a good trip as much as the next guy, trouble is the amazingness of any
hallucinatory experience wears off as you become used to it with repetition.
Sad but true, it wears off. I had phenomenal TM experiences at first but not so
much now..
We're not ultimately in opposition: some have to explore altered states of
consciousness while others have to remain grounded, keep their critical
faculties intact and point out possible objections. From that interplay we
advance into the future.
I'd like to see DOJ get critical with his own trip and see if he realises what
it says about us in the same way I did or if he thinks he's about to suddenly
emerge into a shangri-la of total bliss and unlimited wisdom. Because if that
happens he'll be the first that it has happened to and he should know that. But
we all kid ourselves at first, I liked it so much I ditched my job and moved
in. So yes, it's quite sweet that he can get carried away at his age and level
of experience
Your cynicism may finally prove justified but at least he has a dream. Sadly,
most dreamers turn out to be pipe dreamers. I'm hoping he turns out to be on to
something.
I hate the term cynic, it makes it seem like I don't think about things or
haven't had these experiences myself or observed what happens to everyone else
who reports them. Jaded with the TM myth is a more realistic label for me. I'm
not killing the dream it's just that it always seems to pan out differently
than we were promised.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
This should really be framed as an example of "What TM does to the mind."
After decades of practice, it's caused a Ph.D. to use 1,626 words to describe
a phenomenon that could easily have been described in two ("placebo effect") or
at most four ("monkey see, monkey do").
I think his next study should be on the perils of unimportant people having
been told for decades how important they are.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:34 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience
Wow, he actually had an experience! Prolly makes it all worthwhile for him.
I guess there must be a paper on neurological seratonin correlations with
subjective experiences on the way?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
Waves Below is one of my experiences... - David Orme-Johnson | Facebook
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