If it's *extremely trying inside the movement" why be bothered? That's why i keep my distance from the TMO. That way,I don't stress them out and they don't stress me out. Why swim in their mess?
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 7:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM Originalists v Progressive Practitioners, The TM Movement Community I am on my way to a working meeting on campus right now about the movement but this division over ‘originalism’ is a communal rub and scrap in harnessing actionable change in cultural things that have evolved within the TM movement community. It is extremely trying inside the movement right now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : On considering uncompromising and Strict Originalism, like with some strict TM preservationists:“..a static interpretation of the law that doesn't move with the times, doesn't move with the society.” “He (Scalia) was its most fierce proponent I guess I would say, but that didn't mean that he prevailed. Not everybody on the court agreed with him, including many of the conservatives on some issues. And so while he was its principal proponent and theoretician, he didn't win a great deal of the time because he was not a consensus-builder. Other people were more willing to compromise than he was. He would have called that "faux-conservatism."” "The Constitution that I interpret and apply is not living but dead, or as I prefer to call it, enduring. It means today not what current society, much less the court, thinks it ought to mean, but what it meant when it was adopted." -Antonin Scalia Originalism: A Primer On Scalia's Constitutional Philosophy | | | | | | Originalism: A Primer On Scalia's Constitutional Phi... NPR's Nina Totenberg explains how the idea that the Constitution is "not living but dead" transformed the Supreme Court during Antonin Scalia's te... | | | View on www.npr.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : “Originalism,as defined by Justice Scalia and others, is that what is in theConstitution literally is what the founding fathers meant.” ConservativeTM Maharishi Originalism: That Maharishi set it up the way he did asan enlightened soul and teacher, that he knew what he was doing, andit needs to stay that way. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : 'Originalism',this becomes a useful critique for distinguishing the religiousfaith-and-belief-in- Maharishi conservative TM ideologic zealotry onthe one hand from progressive practitioner elements on the other hand who in experiencewould like to see things evolve and work out well for the TMmovement. “Andthere's no such thing as an evolution of ideas and an evolution ofsociety. ..He (Scalia) wouldn't buy that, ..He believed the same thing ininterpretation of statutes (TM Movement admin policy, guidelines, andinstruction), that the words (originalist) on the page are all thatcounts. That legislative history, that constitutional history, theydon't count much if at all. What matters is the intent at the time.To put it most bluntly, "I mean what I say and not any more orany less." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : Standing like ConstitutionalOriginal-ists, the faith-in-Maharishi religionist TM'ers inside TM atthe top for decades have contended and winnowed things downfundamentally in their own minds that, “Fairfield is for those whohave 'faith and belief' in Maharishi and everyone else should leaveus alone”. That wish, that people without'faith-and-belief' should leave, would have to be taken apart andlooked at to see how it has actually gone down. A lot of meditatorshave come and left and some lot of meditators have stayed on fortheir own good reasons. Clearly the Dome group meditation numbers are really tiny. Donations to the University and undergraduate enrollment tight. Has Bevan gotten his wish? That those who do not have'faith-and-belief in Maharishi', “..should leave and leave usalone”? “Becareful what you wish for in this world, for if you wish hard enoughyou are sure to get it. I once heard a very wise many say this, andthe longer I live the more firmly I believe it to be true.”TheAtlantic monthly,Volume 67. 1891.http://jamie.workingagenda.com/blog/2010/06/12/who-said-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : In zeal as 'Original-ists' having stoodin way of progressive elements also in the TM movement community thisis a lot like Scalia's camp has been on the Supreme Court inrestraining and obstructing societal evolution.The difference evidently is that thoughthere are a lot of opinions and feelings about how it should go forTM and many have their many firm 'Maharishi-saids', there evidentlyis not 'written' preamble, constitution guiding or bylaws governing TM thatpeople easily share. Everyone seems to have their own listsof 'Maharishi-Saids' to stand on separately. “..Andhe continued to be its (Originalism's) foremost exponent. From beinga sort of a fringe movement 30 or 40 years ago, it is now majorleague, perhaps the dominant philosophy — or was a dominantphilosophy with his vote — on the Supreme court.” -This would be Bevan in the TM community? With Neil. Om, What is Originalism?4 Questions With NPR's Nina Totenberg About Justice Antonin Scalia | | | | | | 4 Questions With NPR's Nina Totenberg About Justice ... 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