Well, as far as TM goes, I learned the technique on recommendation of a good friend and mentor during my college days. (*We were, and I still am, a fully dedicated Christian).
The theory of TM makes bundles of sense to me, and I always found the practice beneficial.
TM as a practice - well, maybe I never got to the other stages. yeah, they did have the Samadhi training. I only ever used the basic TM technique, and not only was it enjoyable, it was helpful.
That said, I never got involved at an institutional level, so I cannot really say anything about that.
There is a tendency for institutions to devolve or become corrupt over time. I mean, heck, Francis of Assisi was such a MASSIVE reformer in the unrolling of the Christian providence via the Catholic church, but even he got backlash and was ostracized by his OWN order when they felt he wasn't holding up their institutional aims...
I had a friend in my teen years who got involved in Hatha Yoga, and that was radical for us in those days. They were supposed to practice celibacy! OMG! "How barbarian is that?" was my thinking in the very liberal-esque environment I grew up in.
My Aunt was a catholic nun who entered the convent at around 17, but when she was around 35, felt moved by God and the Holy Spirit that she just HAD to have children, so she left, got married and had two daughters.
Still a faithful catholic to this day.
The moonies. Yeah, I could go on at length about them, or him. But at this juncture, suffice it to say, this dude was on point, and warning about the exact things we are dealing with today.
Did you know he ran the biggest religious rally in America up to that date at his 1976 bicentennial "God bless America" rally in washington. Some 300,000 people. And he'd only arrived in the States "to put out the fire that was consuming America" in 1972. It scared the bejeepers out of the Marxists and also the established churches.
Lots of good stuff to dig into there.
BTW, Moon's designated heir (son) is now a Pastor that runs a ministry based in Pennsylvania but which is expanding to other states, and the pastor's older brother is an award-winning firearms designer and manufacturer. (Khar) They are about as strongly 2nd Amendment as you can find in the states. No wimpy peacenik church stuff for them. Very pro-trump lads, and very anti-Marxist.
Kuul rooftop.
Well, as far as TM goes, I learned the technique on recommendation of a good friend and mentor during my college days. (*We were, and I still am, a fully dedicated Christian).
The theory of TM makes bundles of sense to me, and I always found the practice beneficial.
TM as a practice - well, maybe I never got to the other stages. yeah, they did have the Samadhi training. I only ever used the basic TM technique, and not only was it enjoyable, it was helpful.
That said, I never got involved at an institutional level, so I cannot really say anything about that.
There is a tendency for institutions to devolve or become corrupt over time. I mean, heck, Francis of Assisi was such a MASSIVE reformer in the unrolling of the Christian providence via the Catholic church, but even he got backlash and was ostracized by his OWN order when they felt he wasn't holding up their institutional aims...
I had a friend in my teen years who got involved in Hatha Yoga, and that was radical for us in those days. They were supposed to practice celibacy! OMG! "How barbarian is that?" was my thinking in the very liberal-esque environment I grew up in.
My Aunt was a catholic nun who entered the convent at around 17, but when she was around 35, felt moved by God and the Holy Spirit that she just HAD to have children, so she left, got married and had two daughters.
Still a faithful catholic to this day.
The moonies. Yeah, I could go on at length about them, or him. But at this juncture, suffice it to say, this dude was on point, and warning about the exact things we are dealing with today.
Did you know he ran the biggest religious rally in America up to that date at his 1976 bicentennial "God bless America" rally in washington. Some 300,000 people. And he'd only arrived in the States "to put out the fire that was consuming America" in 1972. It scared the bejeepers out of the Marxists and also the established churches.
Lots of good stuff to dig into there.
BTW, Moon's designated heir (son) is now a Pastor that runs a ministry based in Pennsylvania but which is expanding to other states, and the pastor's older brother is an award-winning firearms designer and manufacturer. (Khar) They are about as strongly 2nd Amendment as you can find in the states. No wimpy peacenik church stuff for them. Very pro-trump lads, and very anti-Marxist.