turquoiseb: > The critics have "agendas." > So, this is Turq's agenda:
> I think it's more than being a sap. My suspicion, > having seen the "pedestalization" of teachers in > the TM movement and others, is that what's going > on is a lack of self esteem so intense that the > only way such TBs can think of themselves positively > is by putting the teacher they work with or once > worked with on such a high pedestal and giving the > teacher such importance that they feel they deserve > a little of that importance themselves just for > being allowed to hang out with them. > > Criticize the teacher -- point out that all evidence > suggests that he was just a normal guy who did some > things well and other things very badly indeed -- > and they feel *their* self worth diminished. So they > lash out at the critics and put *them* up on a diff- > erent kind of pedestal. The critics have "agendas." > They work for the CIA. They are "rakshasas." In > other words, they're not just some people with > opinions, they're part of some terrible conspiracy. > And again, that makes the TBs feel more important, > because they've convinced themselves that they > are being "persecuted." > > I don't believe for a moment that they are concerned > with "protecting Maharishi" or "protecting his memory." > They're concerned with protecting *themselves*. After > all, if Maharishi was Just A Guy, they were blissed- > out followers of Just A Guy. Can't have that. "He must > have been higher than any avatar. Because then we'll > be sorta special ourselves for having gotten to hang > with him." > > Free clue, shukra. You're not special. You're a very > ordinary member of the human race, sub-species True > Believer. Claiming that Maharishi was oh-so-special > has never made you any more special and never will. > He was an ordinary guy who had some successes and many > more failures. I've never heard anything from you > that indicates that you ever even had any successes. > > The problem with "importance by association" is that > it's a false concept. You were just another guy in > the crowd. Maharishi probably never even knew your > name, and now he's dead. My advice is to try to find > your sense of self worth in yourself, not in a dead > man.
