--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "anonyff" <anonyff@> wrote: > > > > Judy, I did not think your point was the taking on of the dharma of > > another, > > OK, I wasn't sure. > > but I do think there are some similarities between attuning > > one's mind/consciousness to the mind/consciousness of another, > > whether or not the intent is the taking on of their dharma. I don't > > see how the two cannot become commingled once one "attunes" one > > mind/consciousness to that of another. > > I'm sure that *can* happen, but my guess is that if > it's done "right," it doesn't. > > I should think that since the whole process is about > giving up one's own will, it rules out what's involved > in taking on someone else's dharma; the two seem to me > to be incompatible. > > > Re: your second point, I have tried, with some degree of success, > > to look at the 20+ years within the TM org. as a "learning > > experience." There's certainly nothing I can do to recapture any of > > them. It still seems such a shame that so many intelligent, well- > > meaning people spent so many years of their lives, some are still > > deeply entrenched, and end up, after so many years, with little to > > show for the years. And I'm not even talking about anything fancy, > > I'm talking the very basics, such as a decent place to live, a > > decent car to get around, the ability to pay for repairs as needed. > > Even more, though, as many of us are now in our late 50s (and > > beyone) I'm talking about the ability to go out of life with some > > dignity. > > Well, I certainly wish you the best in attaining that > dignity, whether it's via material support or inner > strength and tranquility, or preferably both. It's just > that in my own experience, the less I dwell on what a > shame this or that was in my life, the more resources > I have to face whatever is going on now. > > But I don't think it hurts to vent on occasion! >
There were many implicit and explicit promises made and many other carrots dangled. The movement leaned hard on devotion and service to the nobelest of causes. In light of recertification and rajas, some of it is much less ethical than the nastiest of business scandals. The venting is a minor thing, for sure. 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/
