--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was in R.I. for the Ideal Society campaign. It was a manageable > > size town and we were talking to the guys on the City council. > > Most were fairly positive but non > > commital. At a meeting of the entire council, they were saying it > > all sounded like a good thing, but no action was being taken. > > Finally my wife (now ex) said " I hear everyone saying it sounds > > good but no one is willing to try it (TM)." So she points at the > > most positive guy and says "Will you try it if (points to another > > positive guy) if he'll do it too?" Well, it was brilliant. It > > worked. They all agreed to start. > > > > However, they all had to go to prep lecture at the center. The > > hopping sequence was running all down one side and around to > > another. The lecture went on for awhile and one of them just > > started looking at the poster hopping sequence. Finally, he > > says (loudly) "What is THAT?" The lecture stopped, they all > > freaked and that was that. It was such a good opportunity lost. > > Yup. Saw the same phenomenon a few times myself during > that era. I think that people within the movement are > such suckers for anything flashy that they think every- > one else is, too. But the reality is that most people > want their "miracles" safely locked away in books where > they don't have to deal with them. Not only is the idea > of TMers being able truly levitate (if it had been true) > not a turn-on to such people, it's such a turn-off that > I've seen people literally run out of the room. >
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