the self appointed "TM cops" who emerged usually from being relatively shy
teachers at centers to assholes.
Are you serious? They went from shy to buttheads?
From: "Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Apologies...
It was a long time ago and on the a.m.t newsgroup that Judy mentioned
that. No one wants to explain to dummies that their organization is public and
open to criticism. Nor explain that you haven't taken TM and are teaching
under something different when you're not. In fact I asked a few of these
indie teachers why didn't they just go learn to teach a different meditation
method as I did. Many of us saw the self appointed "TM cops" who emerged
usually from being relatively shy teachers at centers to assholes. They drove
a lot of cool people away from the organization. We just didn't want to bother
with them.
On 11/29/2014 12:03 PM, Michael Jackson [email protected] [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Now that is something I can't understand - how former TM teachers could be
afraid of reprisals of some kind for saying stuff about Marshy or the TMO.
Why? How? I mean look at how inept the Movement has been in suing ACTIVE
former TM teachers such as the folks in the UK Chris Greathead and Colin
Beckley who founded the Meditation Trust and Transcendental Meditation
Independent.
So what does a non teaching former TM teacher have to fear from the popinjays
of the Movement? Unless you might want to get on a course now and again - then
I can see it.
From: "Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Apologies...
It was Judy who brought that phrase about being open minded,
attributed to her dad, after I accused her of being close minded on a topic.
What is happening to FFL is we are getting old and cranky. Some of us are
approaching our 70s and some are already there. And we have some that are a
generation younger (apparently Salyavin and MJ).
It is kinda unusual to watch a group fly this out of control. Usually
moderators will keep things civil but then there's nothing like a "free for
all" either. Some of us like to keep our anonymity because we don't want
(having been TM teachers) unwarranted reprisals from the TMO. Even Judy
recommended it.
But anyway the places also has to keep up it's appearances as a "loony bin"
which doesn't seem to hard to do. :-D
On 11/29/2014 09:33 AM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I am just trying to keep from being so "open minded" that my brains fall
out!
Glad it made you laugh.
---In [email protected], <sharelong60@...> wrote :
Curtis, I'm still LOLing as I reply. What got me laughing was your comment
about what is overrated at this stage of life. Being vague so others can enjoy
it for themselves... Have fun tomorrow and I look forward to your report.
From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Apologies...
I've watched this will some alarm because last time I was posting
here I had to try to back down Jim and Nabby from creating fantasy ill-will
scenarios about my personal life in response to me posting my opinions about
Maharishi's teaching. It was an escalation of their MO since I began posting
here. I am happy to see it resolved with Jim creating his own page while
hilariously claiming that it was because OTHER people were not being civil
here! I do not believe it will last any more than his participation on then
other "enlightened" forum, but hope to be proven wrong.
I think you were right to go the legal route because they were crossing a
weird and disturbing line Barry. There is no parity between how you post
here and what those guys were up to.
FFL has gone through many different incarnations as strongly influential
posters come and go. I viewed the end of the Judy era as a positive thing,
but was disturbed to see how others escalated to fill the gap. Judy ran her
routine in a much more interesting way IMO, so despite strongly dissagreing
with her most of the time, I was entertained and prompted to write more many
times because of her participation. That degraded in the era of the clique she
led that involved the Share bashing era in the girl's locker room. Shit got
weird and unpleasant, but worst of all boring.
I don't know where FFL is headed now but I am an optimist. I intend to
report on my experiences tomorrow at the "event" in Alexandria. Last I
checked almost 800 people had reserved a seat. I had some contact with people
from the old days who were kind enough to share their perspective. Although I
remain a skeptic and am not really going with anything close to an "open"
mind (overrated at this stage of my life I believe) I will go for the many
layers of entertainment. One of the greatest aspects of the entertainment
will be posting here about it. FFL has been a great resource for my thinking
and writing. It has been so useful that I have put up with some people with
unfriendly agendas against me here. It was the ticket for admission.
Sorry to see things spiral out so far here but I am encouraged to see the
changes.
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