Bingo! You also have that problem within the TM community. Everybody telling
others what they *should or shouldn't * do and *oh, Maharishi wouldn't want
that* syndrome(as if they were more enlightened and in tune with him).
From: "'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:26 AM
Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Activist Meditators and A day of silent
prayer ..Meditation 's Going Mainstream
Spiritually immature people in a lot of groups behave like this. “Our
technique/teacher/etc. is the bestest!” It’s an ego-booster. “It must be the
best because if it weren’t I wouldn’t be doing it, because I’m so discerning
and wise.” From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:05 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Activist Meditators and A day of silent prayer
..Meditation 's Going Mainstream Yeah, TM’ers do seem to contend a fight
over meditations. The antagonism with the other practices begins right away in
the TM intro lectures. Seems a marketing device employed on or by TM'ers.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6...@yahoo.com> wrote :TM teachers
are persnickety because Maharishi was when he was training teachers. He always
drove home the difference between TM and other techniques when asked about
them. He was *faulting* the other techniques and explained why TM was *better*.
This is fine when you're teaching teachers. However, good manner s dictates you
don't take that attitude when in *mixed* company. I don't recall M doing that
when he was in the company of another teacher...run the other guys meditation
down and build his up.As I said earlier, can TM'ers know when to not run the
other guys meditation down in order to look superior.From:
"dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Activist Meditators and A day of silent prayer
..Meditation 's Going Mainstream But why are TM’ers so persnickety? Among
old Quakers those members who were well established in the transcendent,
noticeably as those who could sit with and settle a meeting by their presence,
were referred to as ‘weighty’ friends to meditate with. TM’ers instead can
come across as spiritually arrogant and exclusive. Yet, Patanjali seems to
indicate in his discussion of combining dharana, dhyan and samadhi in
meditation like the in the aggregate of the TM-siddhis or in that last
technique Maharishi was working on, the Ved and Physiology practice that
combines attention and intention (very much like some buddhistic practice) with
samadhi/transcendence. TM’ers could adopt a more helpful attitude and show up
for some of these collective meditations with others. Like reaching out and
lending a hand. It seems a cultural problem as much as anything that TM’ers may
have which turns to shunning others. -JaiGuruYou
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6...@yahoo.com> wrote :Doug, I
guess the big question is, can TMers keep from telling other meditators how
superior TM is over any other technique. If not, I would recommend they not
attend because it will end up causing more tension.. From:
"dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:26 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Activist Meditators and A day of silent prayer
..Meditation 's Going Mainstream Maharishi said that the world today needed
the intercession of the saints who are established in themselves and are
therefore, nearer to the almighty power.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :Should
TM’ers condescend to send in support a group of meditators to help? The
Contemplative Prayer and Reflection Group in Burlington will host a Day of
Silent Prayer from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church,
and everyone is welcome. There’s never a bad day for prayer. People are
welcome to drop in or out as they choose.Those arriving late are asked to enter
quietly. The science on people joining in collective meditationwould indicate
a priority in joining groups to meditate.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :The
secular approach to meditation is opening a lot of doors right now when it
comes to brain health and stress relief, Meditation has been around for more
than 2,500 years, but it has taken a secular approach and scientific research —
not to mention added publicity from technology companies like Google and Apple,
which encourage employees to meditate — to reintroduce it into popular culture.
But can meditation, and its cousin, “mindfulness,” become staples of urban life
the way that yoga, a rarity until the early 1990s, has become a widespread
activity?
No Texts, Please, We’re Meditating
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| | | | No Texts, Please, We’re Meditating Increasing numbers of harried New
Yorkers are gathering to close their eyes and just breathe. | |
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :The
Hidden Price of Mindfulness Inc.
| |
| | | | The Hidden Price of Mindfulness Inc. As the practice of mindfulness
is packaged and peddled, it’s hard not to wonder if something essential is
being lost. | |
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With so many mindful goods and services for sale, it can be easy to forget
that mindfulness is a quality of being, not a piece of merchandise. ..while
purists sometimes wrung their hands about its commercialization, their
lamentations were in vain. Let loose in the American marketplace, yoga took on
a life of its own. Now, she said, the same thing is happening with mindfulness.
..Though this may result in less signal and more noise, it doesn’t mean
mindfulness can’t still be beneficial. Yoga may have changed over the years,
but plenty of authentic teachers and ashrams can still be found. The same
dynamic will most likely play out with mindfulness, too. Strange variations on
mindfulness will proliferate, while pockets of traditional teachings endure.
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