--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The very subject of the post was smug. Anyone who proclaims that he has "The > Truth" is implying that any other perspective is wrong.
What I've gotten out of the month or so I've been reading/posting on FFL is that it's good to share info and viewpoints - particularly when the info is backed up by some "source" materials. All of us feel we have discovered some modicum of truth in our spiritual adventure. We want to share this with others and sometimes the way this is done is peceived by others as overbearing. POV. It all comes down to POV based on personal experience. Disagreeing and attacking are not the same. Being open to other viewpoints so one can clarify one's own is what I see as important. I was in the TMO and am now a Scientologist. No matter what I think about the TMO or others think about Scientology, I support those who truly do believe that they are a spirit and not a body and are pursuing "realization" to that end. Attention on the spiritual vis a vis the "relative," material or MEST (Sci term: matter, energy, space & time) has to have a positive influence on this planet. For example, if the rajas and peace palaces and yogic flyers do contribute to world peace - isn't that what we want? If you find that unpalatable or non-sense, then you don't participate in that. But that doesn't give you the right (in my opinion) to abdicate your responibility to contribute toward the world peace goal. If someone is made to feel "wrong' by a post it probably hasn't accomplished anything toward this end. I believe it's important to Grant Beingness: "the ability to assume or grant (give, allow) beingness is probably the highest of human virtues. It is even more important to be able to permit (allow) other people to have beingness than to be able oneself to assume it." (L. Ron Hubbard) Kind of like MMy's "sweet truth." If some feel that others are being deluded by the TMO they can state why without "making wrong". I WANT people to be dedicated to their spiritual pursuits. This planet is in a condition that seriously needs help. And spiritual help is the only kind that can save it. Attacking this problem from many different angles is good. Believing your way is the "best" way is part of dedication. But instead of "feeling sorry" (which I think we've all done) for the guy who doesn't "get it" we need to be happy he's pursuing the same basic goal we all are and hope to hell one or some or all of these things work so we can rescue everyone from this craziness we call planet Earth. I appreciate ALL true seekers. But it's not my right to decide who is and who ain't one. Let people go for whatever they believe in 100%. If info here or elsewhere puts them in doubt as to whether fully supporting the TMO is the right thing to do, let them sit down and honestly assess it for themselves. If they decide to bail or just do TM or TM and sidhis, that's their choice. Be happy you have your truth (path) and pursue it diligently. Encourage others to do the same. Jeff To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
