You know how political groups like to take test cases before the courts in order to clarify, defy or establish laws? I'd love it if some ambitious TM teacher in Fairfield who's been shunned from the domes would appeal his or her case, as Craig Pierson says is possible in Erik Gable's op-ed piece. (Pierson says "there's always due process.")
As I see it, the primary rationale for the banning is irrelevant now that TM teachers must be recertified to remain TM teachers. If TM teachers are not to see other gurus, but we are no longer TM teachers, where's the problem in visiting Amma or whomever? They may call us "Governors" when they invite us to the Guru Purnima celebration, but that strikes me as a courtesy, nothing more, like calling Gerald Ford "Mr. President." Take my situation, for example. I haven't taught TM to a non-family member in 13 years. I do not represent Maharishi in any way, nor am I allowed to teach, according to the TM organization. I am, for all practical purposes, an ordinary TM practitioner who has also learned the TM-Sidhis program. If I visited Amma one day and applied to do my program in the domes the next day, none of the rationales for shunning me would apply. The public could not say, "That TM teacher seeks knowledge from another guru," for I am no longer a TM teacher. So how about it, former Governors of Fairfield -- are any of you game to re-apply to the dome? The problem is probably this: nobody's doing the TM-Sidhis program any more. - Patrick Gillam 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/
