--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <bikemaster@> wrote: > > > > > > So, let me get this straight: > > > > > > The TMO continues to liberally use terms like "yogic > > flying," "group > > > flying," "flying together," etc. MMY, Bevan, Hagelin, and the > rich > > > guys in the funny gold crowns utter those terms all the time. > > > > > > But what they really mean is "hopping." Obviously, they don't > use > > the > > > term, "yogic hopping." They should. > > > > > > To be clear, I use the term "flying" to mean hovering in the > air. > > No > > > one that we know of has achieved that. Were it to happen, I'm > sure > > the > > > TMO would trot out the videotape. > > > > > > So that means that terms including the word "flying" are merely > > spin. > > > After nearly thirty years, no one has "flown." And a reasonable > > person > > > could conclude that it's probable that no one is going to "fly." > > > > > > Claims need to be tested. Outrageous claims need to be tested > even > > > more rigoously. "Yogic flying" has failed. > > > > > It is a marketing term based on the name of the sutra. In any > case, > > its a good thing not to get too hung up on the common physical > > manifestation of the sutra. The end goal is spiritual freedom, > Self- > > realization, and the 'flying' technique definitely hastens the > > development of that. > > > > > Next to TM, my experience is that the "flying" technique was the > best thing since apple pie. > > Having said that, I wonder what they trade off has been? I am > convinced that, more than the 3 or 4 other major errors of MMY's > reign over the TMO, the way he came out with the flying technique is > what is responsible for the almost total demise of the TMO and the > popularity of TM. > > So: on the one hand, he came out with this wonderful flying program; > yet, on the other, the way he came out with it destroyed the > Movement. >
Peter McWilliams (I believe it was) told me once via email that he thought MMY was deliberateinly down-sizing the TMO in order to make it more viable. It grew too fast and the organization was NOT sustainable at the size it had attained. He said he warned MMY about that, back in the day. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
