--- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > SCIENTOLOGISTS CALL TOM CRUISE `TOO WEIRD' 
> > > 
> > > Rare Excommunication a Setback for Hollywood Star 
> > > 
> > > The Church of Scientology dealt an unexpected blow to actor 
> > > Tom Cruise today, excommunicating the Hollywood star for 
> > > being "too weird." 
> > 
> > Well, I guess this shows that some of the issues we've
> > been discussing lately with organizations being more
> > concerned about their public image than with their
> > members is not restricted to the TMO.  
> 
> The Borowitz Report is the work of humorist, Andy Borowitz. 
> The story is a joke.

Duh.  I never read past the first two paragraphs of 
stories like this.  Backfired on me this time.  :-)

> > Where did the idea that individuals can be spiritual and
> > still be individuals get lost along the way?
> 
> My guess is that the value of the individual got tossed when
> individuals started trying to recreate someone else's spiritual
> experiences instead of having their own. Enlightened masters 
> writing stuff down is a double-edged sword. It's inspiring stuff, 
> but it leads people to believe that awakening is some kind of 
> standardized phenomenon as defined by a few particular nervous 
> systems.

Yup.







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