Of course,you have no idea what experiences Bevan or anyone else "in charge" of the TMO has had or not-had because, being good Maharishi- ites, they don't discuss them in public without MMY's authorization.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my early days in the TMO from '72 to '78 there always was some structured activity for people to share and talk about their experiences. This was not discouraged in the least. But starting with the big Amherst course in '79 this pretty much stopped. It does seem rather ironic that a spiritual movement who's primary goal is enlightenment does not encourage its members to talk about their experiences regarding this goal. I've always seen this as a political decision. I believe Bevan et al wanted to hold on to the interpretive power or the sanctioned narrative of enlightenment. This then assured them of the "purity of the teaching" and sole control over the meaning of enlightenment. God forbid there could be people out there in the TMO in higher states of consciousness who disagreed with MMY or the TMO. These people had to be marginalized. And they were by not allowing personal talk of enlightenment. Enlightenment was only discussed as an inspiration to continue with some program or > to adhere to some organizational rule. So now the TMO discourse of enlightenment is filled with meaningless buzz words used to control rather than to deepen understanding. This seems to happen to all spiritual organizations when those in power have no experiences that gave rise to the spiritual movement in the first place. Then the picture frame becomes more important than the picture. > > TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > 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." > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Discover Yahoo! > Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online & more. Check it out! 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/
