Hi, welcome. We'd be all ears (or eyes, at any rate) if you
were inclined to say more. Were you at MIU when MZ was?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hey<I was there and it was the most disturbing, exciting, mysterious 
> experience I ever had. And what fun MZ is having with the internet, if only 
> that all existed back in the WTS days what far greater reach and influence he 
> could have had. Now, it all comes back to Fairfield Iowa. Amazing. But I 
> don't regret a thing. I loved every minute of it. My life is richer for the 
> people I met and the experiences I had. I'm not really thanking you RWC just 
> knowing it all made me who I am today.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > You saw nothing, Vaj. Because you were not there. Not one person living 
> > will testify to your physical presence at one of those seminars. And you 
> > cannot furnish a single personalized and particular memory which would 
> > verify and substantiate this claim of yours. You are bearing false witness. 
> > What reason do I have to deny what is the truth? There must be 300 persons 
> > out there in the world who can present evidence of what happened in those 
> > seminars. But you can't, because you did not go through the experience. 
> > Sooner or later someone will speak up about their recollection of those 
> > days—and as soon as they do, I will immediately recognize they have 
> > provided the requisite evidence of the truthfulness of their testimony. 
> > This is a striptease you are performing, Vaj, but you see, you never 
> > actually take off any part of your clothes. Produce the goods, Vaj, because 
> > sooner or later someone else *will*, and then you will have nothing to say 
> > in this regard, because I will remember this person. And they will thus be 
> > accorded the authority that you can never acquire.
> > 
> > Believe me, Vaj, anyone who was there would never write in the way you have 
> > here. 
> > 
> > And finally: I have repudiated the entire principle and context at the 
> > basis of those seminars. I have renounced my enlightenment. And I have gone 
> > a very long ways towards atoning for whatever I did during those ten years 
> > for which I must held accountable. My personal culpability.
> > 
> > I must suppose you cannot help yourself in this, Vaj. But how I wish you 
> > would do something to dispel this perfect impression you give of the 
> > unbelievability of all of your claims: about TM, about Maharishi, and about 
> > myself.
> > 
> > When it comes to TM, Maharishi, and those seminars, second-hand knowledge 
> > just will not do. *You had to be there*. No one who went through that 
> > experience could, even if they tried, produce the lack of credibility that 
> > you do in everything you say about me, about TM, and about Maharishi.
> > 
> > But this is especially true of the seminars, because the experience there 
> > was unforgettable. Ineffaceable. A particular and concrete memory you have, 
> > Vaj: I would wish so much for you to give this to me. But alas, you cannot, 
> > and until you do I will just have to keep calling you out for what you are 
> > doing here at FFL.
> > 
> > Still, I appreciated those two posts of yours awhile back.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > On Jan 13, 2012, at 1:13 PM, maskedzebra wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Barry: Back in the Bad Old Days, RWC would drag his followers up
> > > > on stage and yell at them (and possibly even strike them),
> > > > "pointing out their weaknesses" and telling them exactly
> > > > what kinds of demons were possessing them.
> > > > 
> > > > Robin: This is a crude and misinformed and inaccurate description of 
> > > > what went on between 1976 and 1986. I never once struck someone on 
> > > > stage.
> > > 
> > > Well, that's not what I saw. I cannot say it is accurate that you were 
> > > "beating" them, but it would be accurate to say you were pounding them 
> > > with clenched fists as if in total exasperation and frustration.
> > > 
> > > > If you read Rory's account from his autobiography you get the very 
> > > > essence of metaphysical theatre that I acted out under my 
> > > > enlightenment. Although not nearly the whole picture. Someone who has a 
> > > > mature and unbiased perspective—who was there—will eventually speak out 
> > > > on this forum I hope, and then we can hear the other side, which will 
> > > > be critical, but will not resemble in the least the description given 
> > > > here.
> > > 
> > > I don't know what you'd want us to say? After all, it was not one of the 
> > > things you'd remember by your constant reflection on it. The people, now 
> > > that's something different, because there were (like old rounding 
> > > courses, etc.) a lot of remarkable humans.
> > > 
> > > > There are persons out there who know all about what happened. And I 
> > > > have already interrogated myself over this very serious matter these 
> > > > past 25 years. And I haven't seen any demons for a few decades, Barry 
> > > > :-)—but perhaps now my streak will be broken.
> > > 
> > > Well if you haven't declared Our Dear Editor demonic by now, it's a given 
> > > that you're third eye blind. In the day I could see the brouhaha build as 
> > > Our Dear Judy was revealed as the very core of resistance to G_d and 
> > > driven from the course by protective students. Incense would be lit.
> > > 
> > > > You don't ever grasp a hold of reality when you argue like this, Barry. 
> > > > You systematically avoid contact with reality. And it shows. Not to 
> > > > Steve, but to a few others I would think. (I mean besides the horrible 
> > > > woman Judy—now talk about abuse: did you read some of her recent posts 
> > > > to me, Barry? Now *that's* what I call abuse.)
> > > 
> > > Robindra, by the Grace of G_d, open your third eye!
> > >
> >
>


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