Yes thanks, I am interested in what you say. I have been asked by some of the folks highest in TM to apply to become TM re-certified. I was wondering how other re-certs reconcile the moral compass problem for themselves going forward. It is like the elephant in the room that people inside will not talk about. Yours is a rationale on a spectrum that does not ignore it. You seem liberal and progressive wanting and hoping the bad behavior will work out of it. Best Regards, -Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > I honor laughinggull for choosing a path and sticking to it, when so many > others fall away and spend their lives complaining. Those who stay the course > win the prize. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear Laughinggull108, > > > > Re-certified? This is interesting. You have to be one of the few and > > > > only re-certified TM teachers willing to post here. This makes you > > > > more of an activist. I'll mark you down as "Revolutionary Millenarian" > > > > on the FFL member poster's list along with some of the other people > > > > here who go to the Dome to mediate. It is nice to know there are other > > > > activist meditation revolutionaries here in the FFL community. Have a > > > > wonderful meditation, > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > Dear Laughinggull108; > > > > > > I am wondering. You as a TM re-cert teacher now, how do you rationalized > > > the long litany of a seeming deceit in our movement leaders? There are > > > few here as conservative as you and me on FFL. How do you rationalize the > > > moral behavior of the leadership alongside your becoming re-certified as > > > a TM teacher? In your mind do you separate this out? > > > Just wondering, > > > -Buck > > > > Doug, Doug, Doug...what am I going to do with you? I don't know quite *how* > > to take your questions but I'm sure you're smart enough to realize that for > > a few (myself included for whom I can only speak), becoming recertified was > > all about being able to continue teaching TM and not so much about the > > so-called leaders (other than Maharishi) who were/are running the TMO. Many > > businesses offer a good product and those who sell that product don't > > necessarily have to agree with the day-to-day decisions of the leaders of > > that business. And if one is living his life "in the now" as I like to > > think I am, it's very natural to gravitate towards how the "good" leaders > > are acting and not have so much to do with those whose actions are judged > > "bad" (or as you call "deceitful"). Really, it's all very fluid without so > > much thinking about it. And I would daresay that surely you don't think > > *everyone* making the decisions at the top are all bad...didn't God tell > > Lot that if he could find *one* good person in all of Sodom and Gomorrah > > that He would spare the cities? The TMO is worth sparing because of the > > *good* ones. It's a win-win situation for myself and others who approach it > > in this way: I get to do what I want and live my life as I want on my own > > terms. And those who really understood Maharishi know in their hearts that > > he never expected otherwise of any of his initiators. I'm sorry for those > > who "drank the kool-aid" and are making asses of themselves, but it's their > > lives and their karma. *They* don't represent what TM is all about. > > > > Buck, a rhetorical question: Why must you brand yourself and others with > > labels such as "conservative"? I don't care what you think of yourself but > > please don't speak for me. > > >
