--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [...] > > > > The story goes like this: > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > I've read the story off of the OTIII text directly. While I > personally find it, well, odd, I'd like to point out that Scientologists genuinely believe that such things should not be revealed before people are ready. It would be better to simply post a URL to the text rather than post the text itself, IMHO.
> > > Its sorta like posting TM mantras where we believers can read them or the checking notes, etc. Bad karma, IMHO. > > > > Well, I think its better that people figure out what they are > getting into before they become entrenched in an organization known for its manipulation and dirty tricks. And the Scientologist representative on the list recomended that everyone read and learn as much as they can before making a decision. And since he offered up Scientology as one of the choices (presumably to be researched also) it seems relevant to > > post some of the underlying theoretical models used by the > > Scientologists in their pursuit of healing. If it rings a bell of > > truth in you, go for it. > > > > Equating that with posting mnatras is far-fetched IMO. But then > again, discussion of bija mantras are quite well openly available, known from many sources. > > Sure, but all I suggested was posting the URL rather than posting the text. Anyone who wants to read the text can go tot he URL,just as anyone who wants to read lists of mantras can go to the websites where mantras (TM or otherwise) are listed. > > And its no more far-fetched for Scientologists to believe that > reading higher OT stuff is bad for them than it is for a TMer to > believe that writing down their mantra (or reading it even) is > detrimental to their practice. > > At least to the outsiders, it isn't. Well, yes, I see your point. I don't have good Scientologist etiquette. I think its the several thousand Body-Thetans impinging on my naturally good common sense. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
