Yeah, for my whole first year class only me and two others weren't allowed the sidhis course and I knew it was gonna kill my relationship with my girlfriend right then and it did.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Duveyoung" <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Shudra shunning at MUM was my tipping point (Re: Vaj the honest and forthright) > When I was poor and wanting to still be able to do program in the > domes, I had to ask them to let me in for free or at least give me a > discount on the dome fee. > > You'd think that the TMO was scoring a point for having a process for > folks like me that involved getting some personal information and then > deciding if the candidate warranted help. > > Seems straightforward and Christian of the TMO, eh? > > But here's how it worked out in real life: > > 1. You stand in line forever to get to the person at the main table. > > 2. You ask, softly and discreetly because you're embarrassed to have > to ask, about the chance of getting a free badge. > > 3. The person at the table speaks loudly: "Oh, if you cannot afford > the fee go to that table over there." > > 4. Everyone in the room looks to see who's being sent to the shudra > table. > > 5. You go over to that table and they grill ya about if you've asked > all your relatives etc. for help in paying the dome fee, whether you > might be getting money in the future and would you then pay back the > discounting's difference, whether you're active in the local center, > etc. Yes, that really is what they did to me. > > 6. Anyone in the room could hear my conversation with the person at > the shudra table. > > See why I stopped asking for help? > > In a cult where even an extra dollar a year income could notch you a > step higher in the cult's esteem, I was unable to endure the misery of > begging to be with God's Holy Crew. Pride -- in this instance -- was > my best friend, because, my pride wouldn't let me put myself in the > power of these vicious bastards again. > > I think that being force to beg in public was my tipping point -- from > that time onwards, my first interpretation of anything the TMO was > doing was to think that some small minded unenlightened bureaucrat was > plying a vile intent. > > Edg > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: >> >> > Curtis wrote: >> >> When India elects a Sudra as their leader they >> >> can brag too. >> >> >> > There are no 'sudras', Curtis - you're just >> > perpetuating the myth like you were trained to do. >> > But in fact, almost all of India's leaders have >> > been dark-skinned. >> >> >> According to friends who worked on staff at MIU for very low wages, >> and supposedly to get on course, i.e. pay for the TM-Sidhi course, >> they were treated like shudras, like lesser-evolved people, who >> shouldn't be touched or engaged. The idea, they felt, was that more >> evolved people would naturally receive the "support of nature" and so >> they were naturally more prosperous. If you lacked money to the >> extent that you had to (essentially) beg to get on a course or be >> able to hang at MIU/ meditate in the domes, you were in effect (not >> only a slave of sorts), an untouchable. Or at least that's the way >> they felt they were treated. It's an unspoken caste system in the >> same sense that racism can be covert and engrained without >> necessarily needing out loud racial slurs or comments. >> >> Perhaps we should start calling it the apaurusheya-jati? >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
