This is interesting. It seems that despite his protests that he means the movement no ill, Rick Archer does in fact work behind the scenes to undermine the TM organization. The article in question was obviously biased, since it quoted two dissaffected ex-TMers (Archer and Petrick) but did not bother to seek out anyone who is happy with the TMO, relying instead on official spokesmen. And Amma's organization was held up as an ideal and used to trash the TMO. (In fact, these two organizations have very different purposes in the world and should not be compared.)
I think it is fine if people want to promote their own spiritual path, but Rick's decision to do so by encouraging a reporter to present another spiritual organization in a bad light is, shall we say, regrettable. It reminds me of the Christian fundamentalists. They can't just say what they believe; they have to attack what others believe as well. --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You seem to be implying some insidious plot here! I > > know Rick. He's a very straight-forward, simple guy. > > He's not devious in the slightest. He's also a pretty > > good drummer, although I'm sure his chops are rusty > > now ;-) > > > > Then his answer to the question will make it clear. > You have a bad memory. This article was inspired and encouraged by > FFL (and Rick). He said it himself a while back. He was in contact > with a friend who is a reporter in FL, a reporter who refers to FFL > for ideas. This was stated by Rick, and that the reporter wanted to > put together (contrive) and article based on it, and on Rick's > viewpoint ( a prejudiced viewpoint). > NOTE again: I don't care about the article or its content. We are > studying the process of how it came about in order to learn more > about human species. > OffWorld 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/
