--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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"... > > You need to be a little more precise. The above > statement is clearly not true. It's fine to discuss > enlightenment as a concept, and to trot out the TM > dogma for what it is supposed to be. But discuss > your *own* experiences with enlightenment and you > do run the risk of being declared "off the program." > > Now the real question: do you see that as Ok? >
Is it OK for the TMO heirchy to do what they are known to do in this context? Well, its what they do. Is it OK for people to dscribe their own experiences of enlightenment outside the TMO context? Well, it's what they do. I've described my own inner state[s] on occassion also, but I don't make a big deal about them. 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/
