on 5/18/05 3:26 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> How has this newsgroup become a "scapegoat" on a.m.t.? > > I agree. I have said nothing but positive things about it > there. I found this place to be a remarkable breath of > fresh air after a decade lurking on and/or posting to a.m.t. > Before FFL, that had been my only contact with the world of > TM, and since coming here I've realized that it was a > rather stilted view of things. This place is nicer, and > I think a tribute to the folks who "set the tone" for the > forum. You have a *wide* range of opinions here, to say > the least, and occasional flammage as people get their > buttons pushed. But on the whole it seems to be a forum > on which ideas can be exchanged and discussed as ideas. > > Few here react to ideas that challenge their belief system > as if they had been personally attacked. IMO, that's a > rare find in any spiritual tradition. > I've tried to make it clear in the site description that this forum is not about being locked into a particular belief system:
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