--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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."
In the contextof the TMO, anyone who discusses enlightenment is "off the program"... > > 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/
