--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], satvadude108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > They'll say ANYTHING rather than admit what > > > > MOST of them know to be the truth, that OF > > > > COURSE all of the TM dogma is based on Hindu > > > > dogma. They'll lie, they'll deny, they'll come > > > > with up excuses, they'll obfuscate, they'll > > > > attempt to distract, they'll do ANYTHING > > > > rather than violate this First Commandment. > > > > > > My personal fave, (paraphrased): > > > "We don't have to tell the kids what the > > > underpinnings are, if people like John > > > Knapp would just keep their mouths shut." > > > > > > Now there's a raving endorsement for the > > > integrity of the teaching. > > > > > > > And personally I'm getting a little tired of it. > > > > > > Not me, I still find it endlessly entertaining. > > > > Kinda tells you where the person who frequently says > > > > "I *never* lie." > > > > sets the bar on her personal honesty. > > > > Even do.rflex, who had his nose up her butt > > so long he developed ring around the collar, has > > acknowledged how completely dishonest this > > position is regarding the non-religiousity of teaching > > TM in schools. > > > > I've wondered for some time if the vehement > > argument she makes was based on delusion or > > dishonesty. It is probably both. > > > In all compassion -- really -- I think > that Judy's stance is as old as the "con > game" and as understandable. It's how the > "con game" WORKS, and why it's *always* > worked. > > PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONNED > DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT, TO > THEMSELVES, OR TO ANYONE ELSE. > > The more self-importance the conned person > has, the more vehemently they resist admit- > ting that they have been conned. They will > become "apologists" for the con men, will > "defend" them the way that people *who > were conned by Je-Ru* defended him, and > will go to their graves doing so, because > their sense of self-importance is stronger > than their sense of integrity and honesty. > > For such people, it is better to be thought > a fool than to admit to having been one. > > Judy MUST know how ridiculous her stance > in all of this makes her look. But she > continues that stance nonetheless. I think > that my explanation is the only one that > "fits" her behavior. > > Have you EVER known Judy Stein to admit > to having been WRONG, except to a tiny > fact or typo? > > I haven't, either. None of us have. > > Do you think that a person with that level > of self-importance is going to admit to > having been WRONG about the very nature > of the practice she has been doing every > day for 30+ years? > > Not gonna happen... >
Once again I must bow to your wisdom and the great compassion you show here. If I had been stalked by her as long as you, I surely would not be capable of the level of equanimity you display. You must practice Metta and send lovingkindness to her daily.
