Freaking FBI Promoting Transcendental Meditation! How to Protest

Doug Mesner, an outstanding, young investigative journalist, messaged me this morning about a Transcendental Meditation advertisement, masquerading as an article, published by the FBI in May 2009.

Below is the email I immediately sent to leb@fbiacademy.edu (the editor of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin) and AskDOJ@usdoj.gov (a general contact for the FBI).

Please feel free to adapt any part of my email for your own message to the FBI.

To protest is our free speech right. The FBI will not penalize you for exercising this right.

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Subject: You posted an advertisement, disguised as an article, for a religious organization in May 2009

Dear editor,

I am very disturbed to discover that your bulletin published an advertisement, disguised as an article, for Transcendental Meditation in your May 2009 issue: http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2009/may2009/brain.htm .

TM is a religious organization. For some details, http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmreligion.html , http://tmfree.blogspot.com , http://minet.org , http://suggestibility.org .

Whether publishing the article was a violation of the separation of Church and State or not, I feel your readers should at least be alerted to these facts:

Many critics allege TM is a destructive "cult": Steven Hassan, Rick Ross, the International Cultic Studies Association, and many, many more.

In my therapeutic practice, I, personally, have received hundreds of reports of serious mental, emotional, and physical damage from long-time Transcendental Meditation practitioners. I am a therapist specializing in recovery from spiritual abuse in toxic groups, abusive churches, and cults.

I was also a 23-year member of TM and a TM teacher and am willing to discuss the abuse and harm I feel I experienced in that organization.

Please consider publishing a note, letter to the editor, or whatever you feel is appropriate to, at the very least, allow critical feedback on the article and this organization.

J.

White Folk screwing Natives again? With Transcendental Meditation? Shame, David Lynch!

Many may not know this, but the Transcendental Meditation movement, with the help of David Lynch, is pursuing Native American chiefs to convert them to TM—and associated products.

According to an insider message I received, they are telling chiefs that the Maharishi once said the USA's "enlightenment" will come when Native Americans start TM. The insider claims 22 tribal elders want their tribes to do TM.

As is usual, the message ended with an appeal for funds, saying that while Government funds to subsidize Natives learning funds are on the way—there's an EMERGENCY need to raise $150,000 US in the NEXT TWO WEEKS to keep the program alive.

See, our tax dollars aren't being squandered enough on TM's violations of the separation of Church and State.

Links were provided to David Lynch Foundation or call 1 (323) 874-2467.

Operators are standing by!!!

And the difference between TM's efforts and past attempts to mass convert Native Americans to white religions is different precisely how?

At least they won't throw pox-infected blankets at Natives.

Just useless, fecal-contaminated Ayurvedic products.

J.