--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2012, at 1:41 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > If you need attention (or even entertainment) so desperately > > that you feel it's appropriate to write all this dreck, get > > it from someone else. I find that level of neediness a total > > turnoff, both in real life and in surreal cyberspace. > > > > Advice? Get a life, then write about it. Living vicariously > > on the lives of others is sooooo TM. > > Someone should start a cartoon, like the 'What Would Jesus Do?' > series "What Would Guru Dev Do?" or "What Would Marshy Do?"
Or even "What would a grownup do?" I know teenagers who would be embarrassed at the level of whiny "Look at me" or "Pay attention to me" or worse, "Argue with me" behavior we see on this forum. There is a simple bottom line. If you want people to pay attention to you as if you were actually interesting, *be more interesting*. End of story. I honestly think that some of this behavior can be traced back to the TMO. The only way you could get Maharishi or his minions to pay attention to you in that movement were 1) to already be famous, 2) to give them money, 3) to claim experiences of supposed higher states of consciousness (which, interestingly, more often got the attention-seekers thrown out than paid attention to), fake some "scientific research," or act out in some Off The Program manner. Having an actual life that you find fulfilling and meaningful counts as nothing to the TMO. Being actually happy counts as nothing to the TMO. Doing things in the real world like self- less service or activism counts for nothing. The only things that counted when he was alive and count now that he's dead are paying lip service to Mahesh and/or his "teachings," contributing a lot of money, and claiming to be enlightened. None of these things tend to impress people in the real world. And none of them impress me. If those are the only ways you can think of to get people to focus on you, I may feel sorry for you, but not sorry enough to waste my time on you.
