--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a substantial group of the 'newly awakened' here writing > on FFL, willing to stick their necks out. How many of them are > still closely associated with the TMO?
And there is a good reason for this. If they had started having "good experiences" and tried to talk about them within the TMO, what would have happened to them? Among the teachers, even the teachers of so-called advanced techniques, there is no one who has been trained to deal with such experiences. In the general milieu, the "We don't speak about our experiences" dogma has been interpreted as "Anyone who does is delusional and should be put down and shunned." It's actually very sad. And in answer to some of the people who have asked me why, since I walked away from the TMO 25 years ago, I hang out at this place, it's because Rick has provided a forum in which it is OK to talk about such things. When it all comes down, there is nothing meaningful we can say about enlight- enment itself. *By definition* it cannot be described. But we can talk about our particular path, and the adventures we have had along that path, and share with others our own subjective experiences, in an ongoing attempt to understand them, or even to come to grips with them. For me, that's a rare and unique opportunity, not just within the environment of the TMO, but within any spiritual group. I think it's a neat thing. Others are threatened by it. Go figure. Unc 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/
