Share, this is an example of another type of response - a descriptive and declarative statement by Ann, on Ann's point of view where the question is tossed around in a larger, if you will, arena, than just the "TMO rules" and gets to the question of "at what point is compromise worth the price?"
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > Of course, org's are composed of people.  Does a 'few good people' mean > > that you compromise your core value system to continue if you find it at > > odds? > > Excellent question and one I was just going to elaborate on before I read > this comment of yours Emily. It is fine and dandy to say one is sorry for > others being given a hard time but in Share's case she says she had been > "spared" more rigorous questioning on her other practices as they relate to > being allowed in the Dome etc. My problem with this is that by valuing one's > privilege of being less aggressively challenged than others while at the same > time having access to the Domes is very self-serving in a way that, for me, > compromises many things. It essentially gives the green light to what I see > are heavy handed and short-sighted tactics by the TM movement. I see it as > endorsing police-state mentality by tacitly going along with how things are > run on campus/within the Movement and by the powers that be. I think there is > a limit to what one should allow to happen even though one still wants the > privilege of engaging in activities which are governed by such powers. There > comes a point when the compromises are not worth the price. But, again, I > have addressed this issue before and perhaps it is easy for me to be so > self-righteous in this instance since meditating and hopping around a > foam-lined building does not rate in my top ten choice of activities and thus > it would be easy for me to make a stand against "authority" in this case. On > the other hand, knowing myself as I do, I rather think I would rebel. I have > a rather perverse need to counteract immovable and unreasonable forces. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Share Long <sharelong60@> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:33 AM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for > > Wednesday > > > > > >  > > Jason, it's my experience that in every organization there are at least a > > few good people. Michael, I had a similar interview to yours. I am so > > sorry you were given such a hard time. I admire how you handled the > > situation.  > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jason <jedi_spock@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:05 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday > > > > > >  > > > > > > You know, all these cults and religions have his 'shit herd' > > mentality. I am thankfull that I never lived inside any > > cult or org. Being on the outside gave me a 'ringside view' > > of a spectrum of these things. I talk to a lot of people > > who are in cults and get an idea of what is happening > > inside. You are better off alone. > > > > All these orgs and cults are inhabited by such bureaucratic, > > pedantic, dicactic, dogmatic, zombie bots. > > > > --- Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances. I quit going > > > to the Dome when I was on staff due to a really serious allergy to > > > formaldehyde, which in those days at least was a major component in > > > making foam. > > > The longer I was in the Dome, the worse I felt. > > > > > > > > > So I stopped > > > going. I did program by myself in my pod room and felt great both in and > > > out of > > > program. As twice a day in the Dome was part of the staff program, I was > > > called > > > in to the Personnel Director's office (Bill Sands) and he gave me a > > > serious > > > talk and threatened me with dismissal if I didn't start toeing the line. > > > > > > I told him about the allergy and he said it didn't matter, > > > rules were rules. I showed him the letter I had from my allergy doctor > > > (Allen > > > Lieberman in Charleston SC) saying that I had to avoid formaldehyde > > > exposure. Bill > > > said it still didn't matter. Rules were rules. No exceptions. > > > > > > So I returned to the Dome and after a couple days started > > > feeling like crap again. So I thought about things and decided to write a > > > letter to then TM Sidhi Administrator Greg Wilson and told him my story > > > and > > > sent him a copy of the letter from my allergy doctor. > > > A > > > nd a couple weeks later to my surprise he wrote me a letter > > > back giving me permission to do program in my room, tho he suggested that > > > I > > > might consider serving MIU in some other capacity since Dome attendance > > > was > > > part of staff program. So I quit going to the Dome again. > > > > > > A couple weeks went by and I was called into Bill Sands office > > > again, with my letters in my pocket. After he gave me hell and pretty > > > much told > > > me my time at MIU was over, I told him I had permission from Greg Wilson > > > and > > > showed him my letter, or rather a copy of it, I wisely had the original > > > in my > > > room. > > > > > > Bill was completely discombobulated and hemmed and hawed and > > > puffed and blustered but had to back down, but he didn't like it. So I > > > went > > > back to doing program in my room and had great experiences and was much > > > more > > > effective in activity for about eight months until Bill found a way to > > > get rid > > > of me. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:52 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday > > > > > >  > > > This being Compassionate Posting Wednesday on FFL where ne'er a negative > > > word is written, I am not going to go on at all about just how stoopid > > > and undeserving it is that meditators who even live in Fairfield do not > > > come to the group meditation. No, I'll save that for tomorrow and then > > > may be also consider the fallen away and outright meditation quitters out > > > in the world too; all those who have fell off the meditation wagon and > > > even walked away entirely. I am excercising a lot of compassion for them > > > all right now today, > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > >
