--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, What is your definition of insanity.??
It would be complex, because insanity is a complex subject, but I'm pretty sure that one aspect of it would include people who give themselves the titles of kings and expect others to honor those titles. It would also include those stupid enough *to* honor these self-given titles. :-) > Second, it may not be sane, but you cannot ignore > the teachings completely. That would be like throwing > the baby along with the bathwater. Some babies deserve to be thrown out. I'm with Shemp on this one -- the *only* teaching I think was *ever* of worth in the TM movement was how to do basic TM. I think that's a good start for almost anyone, and thus potentially valuable. I think that everything else, including the siddhis and the diet advice and all the "Vedic" bullshit, is better thrown out. > Third, A little bit of Snake-Oil might be > necessary to grease the wheels of a big movement. Who said a big movement was necessary? It has turned into an entity mostly concerned with continuing itself, not with helping others. Also, anyone who can actually *justify* "snake oil" (that is, lying) to further a goal they think is worthy has already lost his soul. > Fourth, Take what is good in all the masters and > leave out the irrelevant and the unnecessary. There have never been any "masters" in history, only people who longed to be subservient and thus picked someone to be subservient to so that they could call them "master." > TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:11:01 -0000 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The four classes [Shemp] > > > And you believe this is sane? > > > > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. > 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/
