--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Now I understand, stating the obvious is presented by you as > > > a 'gratuitous slam'? Has the TMO re-absorbed you? > > > > Not at all, Paul. I *appreciate* your attempts to > > present a more balanced view of Maharishi's life > > than is presented by TM True Believers. But every > > so often, like today, you slip and allow your > > obvious bias to shine through, and it *weakens* > > your efforts, rather than strengthens them. As a > > couple of people here have pointed out recently, > > you sometimes come across as searching for "dirt" > > rather than searching for something that resembles > > a balanced view of all sides of the issues. > > > > As Judy and more balanced, less TB individuals have > > pointed out, sometimes you reveal a 'tude, a 'tude > > that I think is regrettable, because it enables > > many who might benefit from your research to instead > > write it off as the ravings of just another guy with > > a 'tude. Comprende? > > Now I'm a "more balanced, less TB individual"?? > > The millennium has come, folks. > > (Either that, or Barry has just had his own Damascus > experience and seen the light.)
You assumed an "other" in the phrase "more balanced." I don't think Barry meant that to be assumed. My faith in the order of the universe is hereby restored... > > Observation about Paul "Premanand" Mason: > > We've just seen him rather grossly misinterpret > several comments (and fail to take responsibility > for the misinterpretations when they were pointed > out to him). > > What might this say about the accuracy of his > remarks concerning MMY, both in his book and in his > postings? > Eh, that everyone makes mistakes? That everyone has biases that are obvious to others and not themselves? Etc? Recall my response to Irmeli where I claimed that I had addressed my own problems pretty well "as far as I can tell" -- by definition, its impossible for us to be certain that we're not biased or blind about some issue. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
