--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@> wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > > For those (like me) who knew L.B. only from his FFL postings
> > > some years ago (or not even from those), this video will give
> > > you a good idea of why he was such a force of nature in the
> > > Fairfield meditating community--a "public intellectual," as
> > > he styled himself with some diffidence, of towering integrity,
> > > great courage, deep compassion leavened with humor, and
> > > profound insight into the TM movement.
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> > > I hope those who did have the good fortune to know him will
> > > post tributes and remembrances.
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> > We were students at MIU around the same time, 1976-1981 period,
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> Strange, I was there as a student at exactly the same time. Do you remember
> Curtis? I don't. I think we hung out with different people. Was Shriver a
> student at MIU then?
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> > some gaps in between for me for courses and other things) We never were
> > very close, and I wouldn't have regarded him as a friend. But he was
> > always a presence, and seemed a bit of a loner. At that time, I always
> > considered him mildly disaffected, and really felt that he aspired to be
> > more of an intellectual than he actually was.
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> > But perhaps, like you, I saw that video at Revelations, and really was
> > blown away by the sincerity, the insights, and the wonderful humor he
> > possessed. To tell the truth, I watched the video at least two times to
> > make sure I picked up on all the nuances. I saw that my initial
> > evaluation was way off, and wish I could have connected more with him,
> > at least on FFL.
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> > What a shame that a resource like that was treated so harshly by the
> > TMO.
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I wasn't in FF those years. Who was L.B.?
