From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers
--- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:33 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "TurquoiseB" <turquoiseb@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > > > Nice Tart, very well said. > > > > I agree. Wise and accurate, but also the perfect answer > > to TM TB fundamentalists who try to drive off people who > > are re-examining these things on FFL with "Why are you > > still here talking about this stuff 30 years later?" > > > > Duh. Because it still *matters* 30 years later, > > snip > > Obviously Maharishi made a greater impact on you than you want to admit. 34 > years after you bailed, or was kicked out or whatever, you still have issues > with the TMO - it's truly amazing. > > No it's not. This happens with everyone with regard to their formative > influences, whether negative or positive, but it's especially natural and > important if the influences were negative. Would you tell men who were > molested by priests as boys that they should just forget those experiences > and move on? Seriously Rick, I can't say I've heard of much molesting going on in the TMO. :-) What I do see is campaigns against the TMO from quarters who have an agenda other than analyzing the past. Sorry, I probably shouldn't have commented because I didn't have the time to write it thoughtfully enough. I wasn't suggesting that there was molesting going on in the TMO. I was just trying to make the point that we shouldn't belittle anyone's need to process stuff that happened decades ago. If they're doing it, then I guess they need to do it, even if we don't. I think Tart said it best and I shouldn't have tried to add to the discussion. I agree that a lot of TMO-bashing doesn't seem to arise from a desire to discover the truth. It seems more to be an indulgence in bitterness or a holier-than-thou egotism. IMO, there are things that deserve to be criticized, and other things that are worthy of appreciation and gratitude. Like everything else, MMY and the TMO were/are complex and multifaceted. You can't truthfully paint them in black and white.
