--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > On Behalf Of hugheshugo > > > > > > > > So anyone who's been wondering what will happen to the > > > > TMO without MMY, we're about to find out. > > > > > > I heard him make the same announcement several times as > > > early as 1974. > > > > It seems to me that a similar "I'm outa the > > everyday affairs of the movement" pronouncement > > was reposted here on FFL only a few months ago. > > > > Isn't it fascinating, though, that there are > > hundreds of people among the TM TBs who literally > > are incapable of remembering back that far. They > > live in a world more ephemeral in its way than > > that of pop music. (A common trait among people > > who work in the marketing side of the music biz > > is that they seem incapable of remembering any > > song or album that came out any further back > > than last month, or in some cases, last week.) > > > > From one point of view, I guess one could regard > > this as "living in the moment." From another, it > > can be regarded as "Never learning from the lessons > > of history because one can't *remember* history." > > > He's 90 years old, and his TERRIBLE statement that he made at 90 > years old is: "I want to work more on the Vedic knowledge details. > You guys can carry on without me" > > Big Deal, why are the vultures here on FFL rushing in like demented > jackals. > > OffWorld >
"The world is as you are...." > > > I have a good friend who was always fun to go to > > the movies with because on exiting the theater > > he would invariably give the same "review" to what- > > ever film it was that we had seen: "That was the > > BEST film I've ever seen." > > > > I often laughed, because sometimes the film really > > wasn't any good at all, but after awhile I realized > > that my friend was serious, every time. It really > > *was* the best movie he'd ever seen, because he > > couldn't really remember any others. He got so > > completely into the moment that no other film he'd > > ever seen in his life was available as a reference, > > or to practice discrimination with using it as a > > reference. Only the latest film existed. > > > > I sometimes envy him this ability. But most of the > > time I don't. Discrimination is important. As long > > as one still perceives both shit and shinola in the > > world, discrimination helps you tell one from the > > other. > > > > I remain open to the claim from some folks that they > > no longer perceive a difference between shit and > > shinola -- both are just "particles" of their Self. > > It's possible, and more power to 'em if they really do > > perceive that way. But to be honest I don't want to > > smell their shoes after they shine them. :-) > > >
