--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > on 1/1/06 9:35 AM, mrsatva at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Because it got too weird for people, or what ? > > > > > > > > > > Probebly all the reasons why people are leaving the TMO... > > > > > > > > > > I have been thinking about it for quit some time now and I > thing > > > > > the main reasons are to many scratches in the heart. > > > > > One of the biggest TMO problems: the way people treat eatch > > > > > other. > > > > > > Yup. It's a movement full of people who care more > > > about talking the talk than they do walking the > > > walk. In fact, there is no perceived *value* in > > > walking the walk, whereas there is for talking > > > the talk. Good talkers get promoted into the > > > movement hierarchy, whereas those who actually > > > live quietly according to generally-accepted > > > spiritual precepts get ignored or are cast off. > > > > > > I wonder how the TMO compares with other spiritual movements > > > > in terms of this problem. > > > > > > > "By example" is ALWAYS what wins. Maharishi could talk > > > and talk and talk forever ...--->> and in fact has almost > > > no sense of loyalty to those who have served him for > > > years as TM teachers. <<<----- > > > > The loyalty stuff has always bothered me. It's nagged at me for a > long > > time. When I saw how Maharishi treated those closest to him, > (Charlie, > > Jerry, etc...) I knew something was 'rotten in Denmark'. Its a big > > cognitive disonance for a 'spiritual movement'. > > What's a bit odd about the current discussion of the > TMO's perceived lack of spirituality is how judgmental > it is. Aren't being spiritual and being judgmental > mutually contradictory? >
There is a big difference between 'judgemental' and the ability to discriminate. I've always thought that it is an important ethical and spiritual principle not to use someone's ignorance against them. (You can see a lot of that in the current TMO.) A corrallary of love thy neighbor as thyself, I guess. The new age axiom about being non-judgemental kill's the basic ability of the mind to make evolutionary decisions. That's what it's there for... JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
