Word: geer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...asked Geer another question that bothered me, about the political stands of the movement. Yes, said Geer, officially SIMS supported America's actions in Vietnam, although, of course, meditation would eventually eliminate war altogether...
Well, said Geer, of course one's state of mind is important. You've got to have the right psychological outlook. In Geer's opinion I wanted meditation to fail: I was trying to write a critical newspaper article, after...
...necessarily a critical one, I answered. And I had been optimistic in the beginning, and besides, Jarvis had stressed that a person's attitude toward meditation was completely irrelevant. Was Geer willing to admit that, contrary to Jarvis, some people couldn't be reached by meditation...
...Geer, who in his own experience, and those of his friends, has seen the great results meditation can have, was simply trying to defend a process that he regards as valuable. But he has the great flaw of all those connected with Maharishi's techings. He refuses to admit that any aspect of the movement, or any decision of the people in it, can be improved...
RATHER than admit that Jarvis misrepresents the case for meditation, he never warns people that "psychological attitudes" are important and can prevent success, or even that anyone prevent success, or even that anyone might be initiated and then stop meditating. Geer tried to explain my objections as "misinterpretations" of Jarvis' words...