--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > off_world_beings wrote: > > > > ....anyone complaining that a few people can't > > go to the dome is childish and laughable. ... > > Maharishi doesn't want other pactices in the Dome > > and that is his choice. People should get over it > > Oh, no question -- how Maharishi wants to run his > organization is his business. I'm not presuming to > tell him he should do this or that. > > My pursuit of this and other topics stems from a > life-long interest in what's healthy and appropriate > behavior. Many times I've felt some action of mine > was justified -- some anger or indignation -- only > to learn I was deceiving myself. > > Now, as you suggested I do, Off World, I'm examing > my belief that the purity of Maharishi's teaching > depends upon some behavior of mine. This discussion > is all about me. Maharishi has nothing to do with it. > > Thanks for your input.
In my case, since it's not likely I'll ever try to set foot in a dome again in this incarnation, it's a matter of an abiding interest in the ways that spiritual organizations handle themselves, and what effects their different behaviors seem to have on the progress of the members of those organizations. IMO, one of the least helpful and, in fact, most detrimental, mindsets a spiritual organization could possibly cultivate is elitism, a sense of self impor- tance and exclusivity in its students. Nothing seems to stop spiritual progress in its tracks faster and more effec- tively. So I think it's kinda sad when I see it anywhere, much less in an organization I still have some fond memories of. I guess that puts us on the same page, with an interest in what's healthy and appropriate behavior. Unc 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/
