--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > (OTOH, such unbalance can also happen in the other direction by > > unnaturally dwelling on positive thoughts, e.g. moodmaking, hiding > > our heads in the sand, a la the ostrich.) > > > > Since we are in fact the creators of our own realities, whether we > > chooce to recognize this or not, the answer appears to be to see > > things as they are, acknowledge our perception, and remain > balanced. > > While I applaud both your insights and your attempt > Jim, I think that at this point trying to talk ration- > ally to Off about 'balance' is sorta like trying to > sit down with Pat Robertson over coffee and convince > him that 'sin' is all in the mind. :-) > > I didn't mean to set him off so badly; I was just > struck by the fact that he was doing what many TMers > seem to do -- repeat the things they've been told by > TM teachers, over and over (and in Off's case, using > cut and paste to repeat them *verbatim*) -- with the > idea that if they just say them enough times, people > will believe them. It's just the strangest thing; > it's almost as if they were trying to pass some test, > and if they repeat the things they've been told > exactly enough, they'll get an 'A' in the course. :-)
Or, they've heard these things from TM teachers, have pondered them in light of their own experience, observation, and intellect, and decided that they agreed. One more time: This mantra that if a TMer repeats something a TM teacher has said, it can only be because the TMer has accepted in unquestioningly and is therefore just "parroting" it, is a thought-stopping canard. In *some* cases that may well be accurate, but it isn't in other cases. This thought-stopping mantra is designed to enable the person who repeats it over and over and over to dismiss the idea in question without having to consider it on its merits. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
