--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > snip > > > > > > > > Do you think that Bevan and > > > John engage in > > > lecentious behavior and why do you care? > > > > Well, they do or they did. That is quite well known. > > However your last question, if phrased, ..."why do we > > care?" is very interesting if not used simply as a > > defensive posture. Why do we care? Why do we hold > > Bevan, John and MMY accountable to a certain standard? > > It is apparently much more of an idealized fantasy > > that we have than an authentic need that they have.... > > Again, I think that the issue is lack of empathy. > To the best of my knowledge Sparaig has never had > to be held accountable in the TM organization for > his everyday behavior, and whether it "measures > up" to some "standard" for behavior. (Other than > the normal rank-and-filer stuff of making sure to > hide any behavior that might get you disallowed > from attending courses.) > > We all have. Can you *imagine* what would have > happened back in the 70s to a non-International- > staff, non-Maharishi's-darling TM teacher who was > fooling around sexually to the point of breaking > up marriages in his Center? Can you *imagine* > what would have happened to a lone TM teacher who > put together a campaign to raise money for a > specific project and then kept the money and > never delivered on the project? Can you *imagine* > what would have happened to someone who even failed > to wear a suit to one of his introductory lectures, > at many points in TM history? > > We (the former teachers here) were all held to > *very* high standards of behavior. Violate them, > and you knew that you were history. It would just > not have been tolerated. > > And yet Maharishi's Darlings do stuff we would never > have dared to think of, much less do, and everyone > knows about it, and nothing happens to them. And > MMY himself may be the biggest offender, and no one > even has the balls to ask him about it directly. > > We are talking about an organization that makes > some of the most audacious claims ever made in > human history about how its programs cause "ideal > behavior." And at the same time, many of that > organization's leaders behave in a manner that > *anyone* in the world would consider inappropriate, > and far from "ideal." And yet True Believers still > don't see that there might be a problem with this, > or that there might be any hypocrisy involved. Or > worse, consider the possibility that they've simply > been lied to about the effect of TM and the TM > programs, for decades.
You said it better than I did. Maybe the dishonest use of millions of dollars and screwing married women is spontaneous right action in tune with the home of all the laws of nature. You know - Vedic. JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
