--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@...> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ebR_8UKAY&feature=related
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/bombay.html http://ninamartyris.blogspot.de/2007/04/leonard-cohen-came-looking-in-mumbaiand.html > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > As I suggested earlier, I'm stayin' out of this one. :-) > > All I did was forward a music video, under the same > > Subject title that the person who sent it to me in > > email did. > > > > FFL personalities aside, I thought it was a perfect > > "soundtrack" to the "groupie metaphor" I've been > > proposing lately to describe common behavior in > > spiritual groups. > > > > I just loved the almost-drooling adoration captured > > by the three Shangri-Las, and then the twist as the > > object of their adoration rides in on a bike. That > > was funny! I don't recognize the guy -- probably > > some TV personality or host who was popular in that > > day -- but he captured perfectly the kinda guy who > > believes that if he dresses like a macho biker, he'll > > be perceived as a macho biker, even though he's prob- > > ably gayer than Liberace. And, of course, that's how > > groupie adoration works -- they're in love with the > > projected image, not the reality. > > > > Here's a followup "soundtrack song" on the same theme > > of "spiritual groupies." I like this one because it > > captures the *polarity* that develops when someone > > new develops a following among members of an established > > spiritual groups. Here the groupie thang is split along > > male/female dividing lines, but in real spiritual groups > > it's usually split more along dogma/"purity of the > > teaching" lines. One faction drools over the flashy new > > wannabee guru, and another faction hates him: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhH1MkzU7dg > > > > And at the same time, there is a wiser majority of > > spiritual seekers standing on the periphery, shaking > > their heads in dismay at both factions, finding it > > difficult to comprehend how *any* of them could get > > so worked up about such a nobody, and muttering > > under their breaths about "Incredibly Low Standards" > > on both sides. :-) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 3:56 PM, turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Someone just sent this to me in email, suggesting unkindly > > > > that the four people in it reminded him of FFL lately. I > > > > make no comment whatsoever on that, but forward the link > > > > because it made me chuckle, and might do the same for you. > > > > > > Watching RWC work a new bunch of TMers, one cannot help be > > > reminded of previous incidents with innocent MIU students > > > way back when. It's too uncannily familiar. > > > > > > It's interesting that someone who denounced the TM Org, > > > it's founder and allegedly found Jesus - is grooming TMers > > > again like an out-of-jail pedophile at a playground. I guess > > > when it really comes down to it, TMers are the only crowd > > > that fall for the routine (I'm excluding possible Opus Dei > > > fans here!). > > > > > >
