2 snips:
From: anonymousff
FWIW, in numerous lectures at the first Mallorca TTC, Jan-June, 1971,
Maharishi told us (many times) that we should get rid of as many bad
habits as possible before CC because they wouldn't go away just
because we were enlightened. He said clearly we take our bad habits
with us.
This speaks volumes to me now, close to 35 years later, when we are
all (or at least many) finally realizing that appearing to be
saintly-whether strictly the *look* of saintliness, the pretty words
of enlightenment from a real saint or a poseur-may be nothing but the
Emperor's new new clothes.
Tom T:
As a nation addicted to power and cheap oil we have the best leader we
could ever want. Bush the addict is leading us down the slippery slope
to the bottom that all addicts eventually find as the only way out.
Who else to lead us all there but the epitome of the dangerous addict
who will do anything he has to do to maintain his source. All addicts
protect their source and the ability to satisfy the craving. Old Bushy
here is in the same mode. Just watch him, clever and lying like hell
to keep the whole deal rolling forward. We are along for the ride.
Hope we all learn something and that it doesn't have to be total
bottom for all of us. Tom
COMMENT:
Both Bush and Maharishi display certain characteristics
of manipulative masterminds. We can only feel sorry for
those poor victims who have hitched their wagons to these
(sic) glorious leader type personalities. These types are
frequently found in leadership roles in businesses such as
Enron, etc. Psychologists would probably label this
personality type as the "Big Thinker" type.
The "Big Thinker" goes through life inspiring and
motivating others, but at the same time, wreaking havoc
chaos, destruction and even death on those who have been
unfortunate enough to join the team.
IMO, similar characteristics shared by both Bush
and Maharishi include:
1. An intention to grasp and utilise the the resources of others
for their own ends and glorification - it may be
YOUR time and/or YOUR assets, and/or YOUR future.
2. Persistently living in a fantasy world which has no
relation whatsoever to the real world.
3. They are moral purists who demand a "perfect world"
and they resent and rebel if it doesn't meet their
self-defeatingly high standards.
4. The ability to project and to blame others, while at
the same time cunningly avoiding responsibility for
one's own failings and mistakes. Natural consequences
and reality feedback are anathema to them.
They are compulsively responsibility avoident.
5. They place insatiable demands and expections on others.
Everyone around them is subject to endless intrusion
and manipulation. They also want a discount on everything,
and they haggle constantly.
6. They define eveything on their own terms, and
they demand to make and change all the rules of
any system or situation at whim. They are totally
into arbitraty control.
7. They are always dreaming the impossible dream and
then acting on it as if it were reality. They are
"scheme in the sky" grandiose, and they live in a
dream world of stated intentions, promises, and
fantasies. They are all ego, self-aggrandising,
expoitative, and super-status and recognition
conscious.
8. They are intensely concerned with "looking good"
and they use their pseudo perfectionism to go after
illusory statusful goals, seeking always to be
seen with the "right" people.
9. They use approval witholding, mild disapproval,
and selective approval-bestowing as extremely
effective manipulation control tactics.
10. They are notoriously charming and charismatic,
and they are able to "charm the pants off everyone"
to get their own way.
11. They have a huge reservoir of rage that is
sugar coated in a smiling vengeance trip that
will be activated by your attempts to bring some
sense to the situation, often disguised in
new age or spiritual rationalizations and concepts.
12. They often remain totally incommunicado and
uncontactable.
13. They are experts at re-framing realities in
a way that is all but unassailable. In short,
they are brilliant bullshit manipulation-masters.
The way to burst the bubble of this type of delusional
personality is to STOP CO-OPERATING WITH THEM.
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