Based on your wisdom and long association with bashing the Movement and everything it stands for, I VOTE YOU to lead the TMO out of the wilderness!! What wiser soul than you, with your dedication and unerring focus on the wrongs of the TMO and Maharishi??? YOU ARE THE SAVIOR!!!!!
(see what I mean about you being a veritable *zinger machine*? seriously we could MAKE BANK on this shit, dude...) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > Maybe there needs to be a "tipping point" with the course office, > > as there now appears to be with the NRA, or as there was in the > > 50's with Senator Joseph McCarthy, in which the office is shamed > > into irrelevancy and powerlessness, and forced to shut down. > > An interesting idea, and a hopeful one, but as I seem > to remember it, the "tipping point" with Joe McCarthy > was really precipitated by "the most trusted man in > America" taking him on, at peril to his own career and > reputation. That was, of course, Edward R. Murrow, > arguably the best "newsman" America has ever had. > > Who might such a person be within the TMO? What would > happen, for example, if poster boy David Lynch lined > up with the people being declared Off The Program, and > thus anathema, and "banned from the domes?" Or Oprah? > Or Paul McCartney? > > If you need to inspire yourself with what one man (or > woman) can do if suitably ethical and suitably motivated, > I heartily recommend a viewing or re-viewing of the film > written and directed by George Clooney, "Good Night, and > Good Luck." In it you get to see the face of evil himself, > Joseph McCarthy, as he really looked and acted in newsreel > footage, and David Strathairn as the voice and face of > Murrow, bringing a great actor's "take" to the actual > text of Murrow's news broadcasts. The movie touched me > deeply, and made me get all teary from time to time, > seeing what "the TV News" *used to be*, compared with > what it is now. > > One person -- if they are visible enough and respected > enough -- really CAN change things. Why I bring this up > is that although ideas themselves are suitable motivators > for many people, I don't think that the larger community > of TM practitioners -- having been trained for so many > decades to be personality worshipers -- are at this point > able to react to mere ideas. They need a "spokesperson," > a charismatic person to whom they can switch their > allegiance and then follow. Just my opinion... > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > On Behalf Of Buck > > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:42 AM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] A Hurt Community > > > > Dateline Spiritual Fairfield, > > > > A Hurt Community. > > > > In a few weeks once the Pandits all arrive we still are going to be short of > > a consistent 2000+ people meditating in the Dome tallies and will probably > > need another couple hundred local meditators at the margins to come back to > > the Domes. > > > > The very real thing I am running in to now as I interview people is that the > > old movement meditators here feel they don't (should not) have to prove > > anything to the course to get back in to Dome to meditate. It's a strongly > > held sentiment. I'm talking with old cultured movement meditators applying > > for a badge who then with some vehemence are feeling they they should not > > have to explain themselves when it becomes apparent that the Capital has > > kept files on them. They are appalled. So it is. > > > > This last weekend Jonas Magram produced a folk evening of local musicians at > > the Paradiso stage. Someone told me that one performer did a R & B rag with > > a spirited refrain that went on something like "I ain't going to go to the > > Dome no more". Apparently it was really well done as a send up of the > > situation here. About 2/3's of the crowd applauded enthusiastically and 1/3 > > of the crowd sat stoically on their hands and were not amused at all. Of the > > larger meditating community, that is about the right ratio of how people > > feel about the organizational TM movement as they would consider coming back > > to help out with the numbers. > > > > I spoke with someone this weekend at a holiday get together, an old TM > > movement person, someone who had early spent a lot of face time around > > Maharishi, taught a lot of people to meditate, ran Centers who then observed > > that she felt completely offended that she would have to prove herself to > > the Course Office staff by chasing down recommends and attending advanced > > lectures at the Peace Palace. She lost interest right there to be involved > > in the cult again with her application to meditate in the Dome. She is a > > meditator here. She is someone who is here who was willing to be in the Dome > > meditating to help out. The feeling about how it has gone though is bad and > > defended. > > > > I ran in to three other people last week interviewing who spoke the same way > > about going back who had dropped pursuing their applications any further > > beyond initial interviews when they were met with questions about what was > > in their files and then having to come up with recommends and going to > > advanced lectures at the Peace Palace to prove themselves. > > > > Reporting From the Streets, Shops and Cafes of Spiritual Fairfield, > > > > -Buck > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > , "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > Yep, this thing coming with The Dome Numbers Cliff, someone is going to > > > have to show some magnanimous leadership to a hurt people to have them > > > come back and help. We're going to need a few hundred more old movement > > > meditators from the community here to come back and there is some deep > > > held feeling that leadership is going to have to deal with to get these > > > numbers to come out from the meditating community here now. My only > > > interest in this is to see them facilitate the numbers in the Dome > > > meditation better and if they can't then step aside and let someone else > > > do it. They've had over thirty years rein of terror, let's see > > > something else.-Buck > > > > > > > > > > > Like the 'fiscal cliff' we evidently are approaching The Numbers Cliff > > > > in the Domes. > > > > > > > > Someone lurking FFL writes to me on the side: > > > > > > > > If this group is established, why are the > > > > www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ > > <http://www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/> > > > > numbers so pitifully low? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it is going to be close. Even if these new pundits show up in > > > > force in re-enforcement we still need a few more good meditators from > > > > the community to come to the Domes to have steady numbers over 2,000 > > > > meditating morning and evening, let alone 2,500 for safety. We're > > > going > > > > to need a few more willing meditators, at least 150 or 200, from the > > > > community to come back to the Domes and fill the breech. > > > > > > > > May the Unified Field have mercy on us. > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Friends, a correction of impression is needed on this subject. That > > > > was an old headline that is not current. I made some phone calls this > > > > morning to confirm things. That video is from a time that there > > > were > > > > over 1000 pundits present here on location. From several years ago > > > now > > > > the pundits have been arranged for in groups of 50 to 100, 200 or 250 > > > at > > > > a time. It is a huge logistical job to do and takes a large amount of > > > > capital to do. As they came over they came on visas that are bonded > > > for > > > > limited time periods. As the project is old enough now several groups > > > > of pundits have rotated back to India as their visas for coming to the > > > > US from India have expired. > > > > > > > > > > Currently there are over 600 pundits here with us in Fairfield. > > > They > > > > expect another 600 to be processed and paid for within the next weeks. > > > > It is an incredibly high-minded and very large project logistically. > > > > The good people working on this are arranging airfares for a group of > > > > 300 to come shortly then followed by another group after that. > > > > > > > > > > With Kind Regards, > > > > > -Buck, bird-dogging to flush out the truth. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Listen to their > > > > > > > > > chanting:http://www.nationalyagya.org/videos.html#video=epFYCRS71Mw > > > > > > > > > > > > [Videos] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
