Yeah, I think this kind of insanity is totally outrageous but at the same time, I am concerned about "the purity of the teaching".... that simply meaning that people in 5, 10, 50 years will have access to the TM program as I know it. That makes me a thought stopper, a dirty rotten fundie? Who's the thought stopper?
TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Since "purity of the teaching" is and always has been > > > MMY's most important focus, he's been willing to tolerate > > > less-than-creative individuals because they're the ones most > > > likely to follow the "purity of the teaching" requirement, > > > regardless. > > > > **** > > The fundamentalists usually give `the purity of the teaching' as an > > excuse, when they give reasons for there course of action. That > > pattern is so typical to fundies, that I already for a long time > > have immediately labelled anyone who appeals to that phrase as a > > fundamentalist. So far nothing has emerged that would hint those > > persons having got to a wrong category. > > Bingo. > > That phrase is the ultimate thought-stopper, as wielded > by the TM fundamentalist. It is *supposed* to stop the > discussion. *Nothing* trumps "purity of the teaching." > *Anything* is permissible to "defend* it, including > acts that are illegal (such as dismissing a student > from a university for "wrong thought" or sending some- > one home from a course with no refund for violating > a simple (and simple-minded) rule like, "Thou shalt > go straight to the kitchen after evening lecture and > have thy warm milk with cardamon and then go straight > to bed and thou shalt do all of this in silence." > > I had a good friend who has a hilarious way of describ- > ing the epiphany of figuring all of this stuff out. > He was on an ATR course in Switzerland, and was told > in no uncertain terms to follow the above "rule." The > trouble was, he *hated* warm milk and cardamon. So > his routine was to walk across the street to the next > hotel and buy an ice-cream cone, and take it back to > his room, all in silence. > > He was called on the carpet for this by the course > leaders several times. He ignored them. Finally, he > was told in no uncertain terms to show up at a certain > time for a "tribunal" (yes, they really called it that), > in which he was to be interrogated, and at the end of > which he was either going to be sent home in disgrace, > never to be allowed to return to another TM course > again, or repent of his evil ways, change his behavior, > and be allowed to stay. > > So he's sitting in this waiting room, waiting, and he's > scared. Really scared. His entire life is on the line. > He *knows*, from experience, what happens to TM teachers > who have been declared "off the program." He *knows* > that his entire access to advanced techniques or any > future teachings from Maharishi is on the line. So he's > *justifiably* scared. > > And then it hits him, in a blinding flash of realization, > that he's sitting there quivering in his seat, about to > be judged by his betters for the dastardly crime of Eating > Ice Cream. > > He starts to laugh. They call him into the room. He can't > stop laughing. He answers none of their questions, because > he just can't stop laughing. He finally gets up and leaves > the room, and the Inquisitors are so dumbfounded by some- > one not being afraid of them that they don't do *anything* > about it. He hears not another word about it. > > He goes back home at the end of his ATR course, and naturally > the next time he applies for another course he is barred > from attending it. But by this time he really doesn't care, > because he's still laughing. > > Obviously, this is not a "purity of the teaching" issue > per se, but it IS an example of the fascist mindset that > can develop in those who espouse it as an excuse for just > being fascists. > > 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/
