I had seen the hovering photos since day one, and for some reason it never meant anything to me. I just knew that people didn't levitate.
 
 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:57 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Recert News

--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>
> wrote:
> > > --- 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.
> > > >
> > >
> > > And that was the point, according to MMY.
> >
> >
> > WHAT, precisely, was the point????
>
> MMY chose to start teaching the -TM-Sidhis. Any attempt to
downplay
> the unusual nature of the sidhis would be deceptive, so it's best
to
> present them up front.

WHAT?????  You mean it was best to present misleading, bordering-on-
fraudulent "hovering" photographs to the world and that would NOT be
deceptive?




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