On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > > and your TM positive schtick is what, a rut? Or some blissful truth Marshy > graciously gave you? Or a rut? > > *Non sequitur. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" < > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:39 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over > > > I can't help wonder, Michael, how this etched in granite attitude that > you have towards the TMO, impervious to any evidence to the contrary, plays > out in real life. > > Let's hope that your dysfunctionality and obsessiveness is limited only to > the TMO, but I suspect that is not the case. > > We know that when you eat a pizza, you think of Maharishi, and the act of > eating the pizza becomes an act of defiance, but I suspect it plays out in > many other ways as well. > > To most others, I think it looks like a rut,but for you, it's just normal. > (-: > > > > > > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : > > feste, steve, doc, Buck, Nabby et al just cannot allow themselves to admit > it was decent reporting, they have to find fault with the outsider, because > if they look at the clip objectively then their whole hose of cards falls > apart. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:44 AM > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over > > > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : > > Oh, MJ, you do make me laugh. It wasn't a hostile interview? Watch it > again. > > You lack perspective. Consider if you were to interview a scientologist, > what would you ask them about? A quick google would reveal all sorts of > sinister stories and beliefs that the group are alleged to hold, so you ask > about those. Be silly not to, if you confine your questions simply to what > the organisation wants to talk about you'd be failing in your duty to > report what is going on. And this guy had a very real need to get to the > bottom of what the TMO is up to financially because of them buying land in > Australia and developing it. Everyone will want to know what is going on > and to do that you have to look behind the public face. > > Unfortunately for the TMO everything other than the idea that meditation > can be pleasant and have benefits for most people is, if not completely > crazy, then at least open to serious questioning. Asking Marshy if he could > fly is perfectly reasonable as they make so much money and control so many > people because of it. It's only the over-sensitive reverence that people > had for him that stopped any of them asking any proper questions whike he > was alive. > > The TMO should be thankful that they never made prime time in the UK, some > of the BBC journalists are very nasty indeed when they smell idiocy. I > don't think Bevan would last 5 seconds up against Jeremy Paxman for > instance. Obscurity can have its advantages. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : > > It wasn't a hostile interview at all. The reporter was doing his job. When > you see things that don't add up, its a reporter's job to ask about the > discrepancies. That's what he did. Purely asking logical questions that M > and his sycophants couldn't logically answer. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over > > > > Re "I found it quite entertaining but this is not serious journalism. It's > a hatchet job, anyone can see that. I thought Bevan handled the reporter's > questions very well, actually. ": > > Yes, it's a hostile interview but that's what happens out there in the > world of serious journalism. > If MMY had kept his shit together and answered the questions calmly and > sensibly he could have saved the situation. He didn't because 1) he wasn't > used to dealing with people who weren't fawning over him, and 2) he hadn't > thought through the ramifications of his own proposals. > > To give MMY some slack, I'm not sure when this tape was recorded and he > was probably approaching the end game so we can't expect him to be > particularly sharp. Nevertheless he did come across as bad-tempered. Aren't > sages supposed to be serene when their end comes? > > > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : > > I found it quite entertaining but this is not serious journalism. It's a > hatchet job, anyone can see that. I thought Bevan handled the reporter's > questions very well, actually. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : > > Excellent find, prison boy! That "reporter" came in all arrogant, and > muck-raking, wanting to do his hit piece, and Maharishi tells him basically > to fuck off, and leave the building! Priceless! Watched it twice. > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : > > Great find, Geez. > > It's quite an experience watching this and listening to Maharishi and many > people I know personally, just after reading Sam Harris' new book. Bevan's > so insane it hurts to look at him. > > I love the Australian announcer's way of putting things...it's very dry > and witty and Sam Harris-like. For example, standing in front of the MUM > sign with the flying dome in the background, saying, "I mean...its > surreal...students here studying physics who believe they can *fly*." :-) > :-) :-) > > Rather than lashing out at this news report as we all know some True > Believers on this forum are girding their loins to do, I think they'd be > better served by actually listening to it again and paying attention. This > is not a "hit job." This is what rational people in the real world think of > TM True Believers. And they're right. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "geezerfreak@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:03 PM > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over > > > Wait for the MMY interview 30 seconds in. > > Maharishi Exposed <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGc1yTDU8Fs> > [image: image] <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGc1yTDU8Fs> > Maharishi Exposed <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGc1yTDU8Fs> > This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. > View on www.youtube.com <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGc1yTDU8Fs> > Preview by Yahoo > > > > > > > > > > > >
