--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 3/1/06 10:02 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > > <fairfieldlife@> wrote: > >> > >> on 3/1/06 9:06 AM, authfriend at jstein@ 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. >
I think the helicopters buzzing the campus taking pictures; the jeeps running over the flowerbeds chasing people; etc; also had something to do with people's perception that Robin Carlson and followers were a tad unballanced... ------------------------ 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/
