Ah ha ha...good one, Obba.
>________________________________ > From: obbajeeba <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:28 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people >who brought it up > > > >Buck, >I am not in the men's dome. Unless, you wish to be my beard. > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: >> >> I really feel that if we could just sit to meditate together then you'd come >> to understand the truly larger Good you rile against. You guys just need to >> come back, get your meditation checked, sit in a group meditation, listen to >> an advanced lecture again and then you'd see what mischief in nature you are >> doing mucking and raking all this negativity of yours. >> I live in my skin, the blanket of FFL. You guys and ladies, are my warmth. >> Obba, get off my blanket, >> -Buck >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: >> > >> > "The unbounded faith which conservative Meditators have in their own >> > principles, and the way they regard the principles and practices of other >> > techniques, approach intolerance on their part. They believe they are >> > guided to their convictions by the Spirit of Truth, and they really think >> > they have arrived at absolutely correct conclusions, and that any other >> > opinions are wrong. They think that all who differ from them would agree >> > with them if they had sufficient light…." >> > -Buck >> > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: >> > > >> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Why on earth would anyone make up something like that? >> > > > There are far too many stories that abound about unethical >> > > > behavior on the part of the TMO for people to have to >> > > > make any up. >> > > >> > > According to Nabby, anyone who says such things is on >> > > the payroll of the CIA, or the Dalai Lama. I don't know >> > > about you, but if this is true, my payroll checks have >> > > been lost in the mail. :-) >> > > >> > > More seriously, there are a number of people here whose >> > > world view is so precarious that they believe that anyone >> > > who says anything that threatens that world view is >> > > attacking them. They're terrified of allowing the (in >> > > their view) heretical ideas into their awareness, so >> > > they either retreat into nostalgic ideas of the move- >> > > ment and ignore them, or play "Kill the messenger" and >> > > try to suppress them. >> > > >> > > I think it's sad, and if this mindset is the legacy of >> > > the decades they've spent meditating, an even sadder one. >> > > >> > > > ________________________________ >> > > > From: nablusoss1008 >> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 7:42 AM >> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the >> > > > people who brought it up >> > > > >> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I can honestly say I went on a lot of residence courses, and was >> > > > > > never asked to donate money, or purchase *anything*. Wasn't a >> > > > > > perfect experience, but this rapaciousness you attribute to the >> > > > > > reps of the TMO was just never present whenever I interacted with >> > > > > > them. Not once, during major national courses, residence courses, >> > > > > > or working for the TMO on staff, was I ever asked for donations, >> > > > > > or to get the next big thing. This is some tape loop in your head, >> > > > > > that does not match reality. And you know what they say, where >> > > > > > there's smoke, there's fire...:-) >> > > > > >> > > > > Ah, so we imagined it all. Fascinating evasion. >> > > > >> > > > I've never encountered any form of sales-pitch on ANY course during >> > > > decades in the TMO. >> > > > So far we only have your version of this. >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > >
