Come on Spraig, don't play with me.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > I enjoyed the experience of flying for the ten years I did it, and TM > > for 15 years. Once I shifted my view of its value, I never desired > > the experience again. I think the experience's value is not as > > "self-evident" as some claim. Maybe the belief system has to support > > it. Otherwise it just seems odd, and not an experience I would seek > > out these days. As far as it benefit, that I no longer buy. I think > > it is sort of a mini epileptic fit. Not too dangerous probably, but > > not the greatest experience ever. I don't see people who have kept > > it up as special in any way I can detect. By now it really should > > have produced more of the claimed benefits in people practicing so > > long. In the old days we would joke that without TM a person might be > > even worse! That claim is getting hollower and hollower each decade. > > > > As far as transcending goes, I think that experience is also very > > overrated as a valuable experience. > > Who rates it as valueable? Certainly not MMY. > > Relaxation seems necessary in my > > life in much smaller doses now that I don't do a program. The biggest > > wellbeing booster for me is exercise. That experience seems to give > > me all the mental clarity I was seeking with TM with the added benefit > > of giving me much more energy. All that eyes closed time of the > > program seems to sap people's energy despite the claims. I don't hang > > out with anyone who needs a nap in the afternoon. (anyone with kids > > excluded!) It is just something that people get used to I think. It > > took me a few days to get over the need for program, then I just never > > considered the need for more rest after sleeping, or in the afternoon. > > There are too many activities that give me joy and help me grow. I > > have become the busy businessman of the checking notes and wouldn't > > have it any other way! > > > > I always knew that most people drop TM after practicing it. At the DC > > center we got a big wake-up call when we tried to contact the 10,000 > > people who had been initiated at the center. I don't remember the > > numbers but it shocked us at the time. How could so many people drop > > the practice if transcending was all that? > > Who told you it was? > ------------------------ 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/
