Barry, Excuse me for pointing this out, but I think the proper name for this post should properly be,
Bashing Withdrawal But..... But.....,more importantly, what can we do to remedy this? No one responded to my suggestion for a POB Day. Would a straw-man day be better? Maybe we can go back into the archives to find his best SM arguments, Just askin' (-: http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg View on images.wisegeek.com http://images.wisegeek.com/scarecrow-on-bale-of-hay.jpg Preview by Yahoo ---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote : A Sunday morning cafe rant, just for the fun of it. Be warned. :-) I did my weekly scan of The_Leak this morning as my Dutch cop friends have advised me to do, just to make sure that the weasel who created the group isn't still spouting libel about me. He doesn't seem to be, so it would seem that even the dumbest people can finally learn if you just hit them over the head with reality enough times. :-) However, scanning a few of the posts quickly just to get a feel for what they talk about over there, it occurs to me that a few of them are still holding onto grudges and fostering the notion that they were "pushed out" of FFL and "forced" to create another group because Rick didn't "protect" them and their interests on FFL. This strikes me as so delusional I felt I should discuss it a bit. First, Fairfield Life was NEVER created "for them," meaning as a place of refuge (the actual word that Buck used in one of his latest gripes) for TM True Believers. It's ASTOUNDING that anyone could *possibly* believe that. FFL has -- since Day One -- been the *opposite* of a refuge for TBs. Its charter is right there on the home page for all to see. It is *by design* a place where one has the right to challenge anything and discuss it. FFL was, in fact, created as an *alternative* to the TM movement itself, where you could get yourself excommunicated just for expressing criticism or doubt about the official TM dogma, Maharishi, or even TM itself. How did these bozos who are now holding court over on The_Leak *MISS THAT*? I mean, that defies belief. HOW did they come to believe that FFL was somehow created for *THEM*, and come to believe that if Rick allowed someone (anyone) to criticize or disbelieve the things they said, that he was somehow "failing" in his "duties" to "protect" them. It strikes me that the answer to this "HOW" question can be expressed in one word: E N T I T L E M E N T Long-term TMers feel *entitled* to believe the things they believe, and to claim the things they claim. They've been taught for decades, for example, that the *only* thing one has to do to be enlightened is CLAIM to be enlightened. They have furthermore been taught that when someone does claim to be enlightened, it's somehow rude or low-vibe or an actual *assault* of some kind to...uh...not believe them. That's insane. OF COURSE I don't believe that many of the people who claimed to be enlightened on FFL actually were. Duh. All you have to do is look at the way they lead their lives and watch the ways that they overreact to someone doubting their claims to tell that they're not enlightened. But they feel ENTITLED to make these claims, and furthermore they feel ENTITLED to make them without anyone being *allowed* to call them on how ridiculous the claims actually are. Well, now they've got their own playground, where they can claim anything they want, and the audience will just go "Wow," and no one will ever ask them to back up anything they claim. It's like they've managed to create the ultimate sandbox for overly-entitled children. And I say "Fine," and wish them well with it, if they're so shallow that that kind of environment actually appeals to them. But I *DO* wonder WHY -- now that they've got this fairy-tale world where they can spin their fairy tales all day long and no one will ever call them on them and point out that they *are* fairy tales -- WHY they spend so much time still bitching about how they were persecuted back on FFL? And how Rick failed to "protect" them there. It's like they're still looking to get someone to *apologize* for not buying their bullshit. It's all very weird, if you ask me. They've finally got all the ENTITLEMENT they ever wanted, and they want even more. Go figure...
