--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It is interesting to notice how the majority of > > people > > > do fine with TM and the TM-siddhis program. > > However > > > there has always been a certain percentage of > > people > > > in the TMO who become psychologically unstable > > either > > > after starting TM or the TM-siddhis program. I > > > personally know three who became psychotic after > > the > > > siddhis program and one who became psychotic after > > > long rounding on his TTC in Fuggi. > > > > > > > > > > And what were those people like before they started > > TM? > > > > TM is a self-development technique. Naturally, it > > is going to > > attract a demographic that is, disproportionately, > > made up of those > > on the fringe; that is, unstables yearning to > > improve their lives. > > > > So it is no wonder that you're going to get the > > psychotics. > > Of course. This has always been a problem whenever a > large group of unscreened people take some type of a > self-development program. The majority are fine, but > there are always some with a predisposition to > psychosis. > >
And with TM, even most of them do jsut fine as long as there is SOME level of supervision. E.G, getting someone to take a few minutes extra silence at the end of TM if they feel anxioius or upset, rather than jumping up and running around in circles screaming "I'm having an anxiety attack!!!" [speaking from personal experience BTW, and not concerning myself] 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/