--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Ingegerd"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I think that the TMO is desperate. One person called me to
> > learn TM. He had been in contact with a recert. TM-Teacher
> > who said that if he learned from an Independent TM-Teacher -
> > he would be hit by a curse.
> > I really wonder what is going on inside the TMO.
>
> I'm not sure "desparate" is the right word. To be
> desparate, you have to be to some extent in touch
> with reality. "Clueless" might be more apt. Or
> "suffering from 'shut-in' syndrome."
Yes, perfect!
>
> The "curse" thing is pretty weird, though. One wonders
> whether the teachers in question thought that up them-
> selves or whether it's part of some deranged "party
> line." I'd bet on the former. It's the kind of thing
> that people who are clinging to a dream say to those
> who have woken up from it.
>
> I see a similar phenomenon on a.m.t. and some of the
> other spiritual groups in which TBs interface with
> those who are no longer TBs. The TBs keep saying
> things like, "Why these people are *really* here
> talking to us is because they're terrified that they
> made the wrong decision by leaving."
>
> It's a pretty common phenomenon in spiritual circles.
> You keep people "in the fold" by telling them all the
> bad things that will happen to them if they leave.
> And then you propagate the myth that bad things *have*
> happened to those who have left, which is made more
> easy by declaring these people "off limits" or
> "persona non grata," because not many TBs will then
> actually talk to the apostates to find out any differently.
Very interesting that what you are describing also fits perfectly
with what the small self, that which exists as the identification
with the localized self, tells the Universal Self when it is
challenged, or threatened.
>From your three paragraphs preceeding:
1. The small self lives in a fantasy world of its own making,
2. The small self always draws unfavorable comparisons to itself,
and attempts to always distinguish itself from that which is
perceived as external, and
3. The small self uses fear and exclusion to attempt to bring any
aspect of the ego which aligns with the Universal Self back into
line.
>
> The whole TB phenomenon is based on considering oneself
> "special" -- unique in the universe and essential to it.
> The more people who reject that "specialness" and move
> on, the harder it is to keep up the illusion. So these
> types of things ("curses," bad things happening to
> those who leave, etc.) get more prevalent.
Again, a perfect reflection of the small self.
>
> But again, I'm not sure that the TBs feel consciously
> "desparate." They've just been trained to look down
> on anyone who isn't as "special" as they are. To be
> honest, the more a TB is criticized, the more "special"
> he feels -- there is nothing like the feeling of being
> "persecuted" to make one feel all special and full of
> self-importance.
Paradoxically, as this process of feeling special and persecuted
gains momentum, the individual becomes less successful, less happy,
less fulfilled and less powerful. it is the suffering which reflects
the lack of support of the Universal Self, which is applied
compassionately and inexorably to wake up the small self to its
illusion.
>
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