Emily, this could almost be an alternative "mission statement" for FFL. It's been a wonder to behold your increasingly perceptive perspective on this group since you first joined us, especially amazing given that you don't share the general TM background.
Kudos. Really well said. --- In [email protected], Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Awoelflebater, "Wow" sounds about right then. Â You could be in the right > place. Â "Cat fight" is probably the wrong term, which generally assumes a > fight between *women* and the majority of the exchanges are between > *individuals*, irrespective of gender, or reflect differences in the > male/female experience. Â (Having said that, I've jumped in from my > perspective as a female on several occasions.) Â I think of the exchanges > here as healthy debates; the forum allows for an expanded level of freedom of > expression which is good and posts can be very funny, even the *off-color* > ones, from a certain perspective. Â Yes, sometimes the language descends into > what would be considered the *gutter*, applying typical social convention, > but on the other hand, it almost always sparks additional debate. Â Few > scenarios of this ilk are left untouched and not commented on. > > This is a different venue and the gift to me is that it does accommodate a > wide range of language and visual formats. Â For me, I enjoy the multiple > perspectives as the human condition. Â For me, the struggle to "conform" has > been like a noose that slowly tightened around my neck and just about snuffed > me out at different times in my life. Â This group includes some of the most > creative, intelligent and interesting people I've come across in a long time. > Â The joy of experiencing a robust internet forum with multiple viewpoints is > well worth any personal offense taken along the way, IMHO, and further > affords opportunities to articulate your own position, or step back and let > go, or question/clarify one's own mental/emotional constructs. Â For me, I > often feel something larger in place here that transcends (and I use that > word very loosely) what may be interpreted as petty or insulting or mundane > at face value. Â I hope you stay and speak out as you see > fit. Â Â > > > ________________________________ > From: awoelflebater <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:05 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow > > > Â > Hi Buck, Yes, I was initiated in 1970 by my sister who attended TT in Majorca > in 1969. I was 14 at the time. I remember paying one week's allowance for > this. I transferred from Colgate University in 1975 to MIU after attending an > SCI course at Livingston Manor. It blew me away and I just had to come to FF! > I attended MIU from the Fall of 1975 until graduation in 1980. I left FF for > a while living in upstate NY with my then boyfriend and fellow MIU graduate. > After a couple of years I returned to FF (don't we all at some time?) and > taught a horseback riding program with another friend of mine for the > students and meditators in town. Around that time I also had a friend that > had attended the first Robin Carlsen lecture in town. Their description of it > intrigued me. I proceeded to watch a seminar tape, was blown away by that and > jumped head first into the most amazing three and a half years of my life. > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > Awoelf, You are a meditator(?) You do meditate don't you? > > Just wondering, where you are coming from. > > -Buck in FF > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Just a newbie here at FFL. Glancing through all of the posts > > > > > they range from the mundane (movie reviews) to scratch-out- > > > > > your-eyes cat fights. Something's got some of you going but > > > > > I'm not sure anyone is convincing anyone else that they are > > > > > right. Good luck to you all. > > > > > > > > Welcome. I took your reference to movie reviews as > > > > "mundane" as a bit of a challenge, and I hope you > > > > like the result. :-) > > > > > > > > As for trying to convince others that we're right, > > > > well that is something not everyone here indulges > > > > in. Some just "know" that they're right. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Awoelf, > > > > > > You come in to the middle of something here. > > > Lot of us been trying to save this guy from his ways for years now and he > > > thinks he knows better. Still, I pray for him and those others that fell > > > away from the cart here too. Is always a sad thing to witness these > > > fallen away wriggle the way they do. > > > > > > Kindly, > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > >
