on 3/1/06 10:02 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> on 3/1/06 9:06 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> FWIW, I've never encountered it in TM, to the >>> contrary. What I've observed has been a >>> tendency to be deferential to those who >>> claimed or were rumored to be enlightened. >> >> In certain quarters of Fairfield, especially MUM, people don't > dare claim >> enlightenment publicly. Probably due to fears created by the Robin > Carlson >> legacy. However, Fred Travis has been quietly studying people, but > those >> people wouldn't dare go public. >> > Just curious Rick if you would elaborate on "the Robin Carlson > legacy". Thanks
It's quite a story, and I don't have time to tell it at length, but about 25 years ago Canadian Governor Robin Carlson proclaimed that he was enlightened, set himself up as a "World Teacher," and attracted a lot of converts from the movement, especially in Fairfield. This made a lot of people around here very leery about anyone who proclaims their enlightenment. The attitude seems to be that "real" enlightenment is a very lofty goal that ordinary chumps like us are very unlikely to have attained, and that shouldn't be considered genuine unless Maharishi confirms it, which he never does, and that if you've got something good going on, you should keep it to yourself or let Fred Travis study you privately. ------------------------ 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/
