Oh God, hilarious...but is Burt pulling on his chest hair at one point?!
________________________________ From: Robin Carlsen <maskedze...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:45 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Robin Carlsen Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mitF1kpMbvg --- 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!). > > >
