The bulk of the people who have chosen to remain in FF, after pretty much having severed their ties to the MIU/MUM way of life are anything but Plain Folks.
Following Lady Saints (not that there's anything wrong with that), doing fire yagyas and the like, and the myriad host of other types of spiritual pursuits in the midst of cornfields and hog farms and soon to be hog factories, is not normal Plain Folks to the normal Plain Folks that have lived there for many generations. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but these alternate groups in FF would fit far better in Seattle or Santa Fe or Woodstock or Madison, WI, etc. I think that there would be no real reason to stay in FF once the university closed down (but what do I know) but many of the people now in FF have been there for 20+ years, have friendships, families, etc. and not enough money to start all over at age 50+. While many have left the control of TM/MIU-MUM, etc. they have continued to use this sense of us-them as a reason/cause celebre for many of the activities of their lives. How many would be able to handle it if, after all these years, this reason evaporated? --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'd start saying bye-bye to MUM if I were you. If they > > > > > lose a multi-million-dollar lawsuit in addition to > > > > > having no students, I'd bet that Fairfield is very > > > > > quickly going to have no official TM presence. > > > > > > > > 1) I doubt if they will lose the university regardless of > > > > how the lawsuit goes; > > > > > > Yes, someone has already pointed this out. > > > > > > > 2) it would be very sad for Fairfield if MUM went away, > > > > don't you agree? > > > > > > Not really. > > > > So you don't think that MUM has any positive impact on > > the town? > > I don't live there, so I can't say. I'm sure it had a > positive economic impact on the town, but I've also > read here about the university using its clout to ban > meetings of other spiritual groups, to ban people who > attend meetings of other groups from the university > and its meditation halls, and other such garbage. I > doubt that anyone in the town, even if they practice > TM, would miss that sort of intrusive control-freak > behavior if it went away. > > I'm sure there would be an impact. TMers there would > have to learn to live like Just Plain Folks instead > of Ru's. On the other hand, they would *get* to learn > to live like Just Plain Folks instead of Ru's, and I > think that in the long run that would be a good thing. > > But as someone pointed out, the insurance company will > probably take the hit on this one, and the university > will stick around, at least until Maharishi gets a whim > up his butt and decides it shouldn't. > ------------------------ 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/
