--- markmeredith2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: feste37 > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:53 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Email from an old > friend > > > > > > 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. > > What exactly is "behind the scenes" here??? > > 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. > > First, it wasn't an article, it was an opinion piece > on the editorial > page, written not by Rick Archer but by Erik Gable, > who works for the > Fairfield Ledger and has visited the Amma event for > the past 2 yrs. > > Gable quotes both Pierson and Wallace which explains > the MUM policy > quite thoroughly. Does "biased" mean anything > critical of the TMO?? > > 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.) > > > "Trashed"?? Maybe there's a good and cosmic for > what the TMO does, > but for an average midwestern citizen, like Gable, > to be spiritually > turned off by the local tmo's fundraising obsession > and guys in white > robes and golden crowns driving around fairfield in > stretch limos > should be understandable. The Amma org. is surely > not ideal either, > but the contrast is stark in this regard. Maybe you > expect every > single published word on the TMO to sound like a TMO > press release?? > > > 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. > > Well maybe Gable will respond here to how the > editorial came about, > but I think the viewpoints expressed were his not > Rick Archer's. > > Regarding fundmentalists, it's the TMO that kicks > people out for even > visiting other teachers and that goes ballistic and > views as > "negativity" when anyone suggests reasons for its > slump for the past > 20 yrs (slump other than fundraising that is). Unfortunately it is impossible to talk to people like feste37. Like all fundamentalists they over-value their concept of the "perfection" of the teaching they follow and view all who even remotely fail to cast it in the most glowing terms as unevolved, deluded individuals engaging in vicious attacks. Notice how the whole tone of this thread has shifted to an ad hominem attack on Rick rather than a discussion of the op-ed piece and the rather blatant lies of Pierson and Wallace. > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
