--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: <snip> > > > > 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... > > I don't think it's just a "new age" axiom. I think > it's pretty traditional observation where enlightenment > is concerned. > > In any case, of course you have to discriminate and > make evolutionary decisions; that isn't what I mean > by "judgmentalism." You can say, e.g., I choose to > do THIS rather than THAT, without saying, They're > selfish and unspiritual because they choose to do THAT > rather than THIS (implied: And my choice shows I'm > selfless and spiritually superior). And you can > certainly also attempt to persuade them to stop doing > THAT and start doing THIS without being judgmental.
I should add that I can be at least as judgmental as the next guy (as I just demonstrated by being judgmental about judgmentalism!). It's just that I don't believe that when I look at what someone else is doing and label it as unspiritual, it somehow shows I'm more spiritual than they are. ------------------------ 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/
