--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's a pretty strong indictment of the claim that > > > > > TM makes one more able to deal with 'stress' and > > > > > function effectively in the real world. I can only > > > > > hope that the next time I fly the person in charge > > > > > of air traffic control does NOT practice TM. "Oh... > > > > > two planes on a collision course...better meditate..." > > > > > > > > Heh. I wouldn't blame TM, but only the insular environment > > > > where they are living. > > > > > > I'm not convinced. The same mindset has been present > > > in *every* TM environment I've ever lived or worked > > > in, including the centers and administrative offices > > > in the heart of Los Angleles. One can create an 'island' > > > anywhere if one wants to. > > > > > > The question for me is whether this mindset is the > > > result of TM per se or the effect of decades of > > > indoctrination in "Don't focus on the negative." > > > I don't know. > > > > Since I've been practicing TM for 30+ years and been in various > > enviornments where emergencies are contrived to happen (e.g. > > USAF/NATO exercises) I can assure you it's the lack of > > experience/practice with emergencies. The military spends a LOT of > > time and money training people to know what to do "under fire." > > The TMO doesn't. > > The TMO, in fact, trains people in the *opposite*, > that they will become 'in tune' with the 'laws of > nature,' and thus nothing bad will ever happen. I > still think that *this* is the problem. Not only > were these people not trained in how to react to > such a situation, they didn't want to *believe* it > was happening. Rather than deal with it, they tried > their best to make it 'go away' and *not* deal with > it. I'm afraid that this attitude will continue at > MUM, no matter what policies are implemented or > what training is provided. This myth of being > 'invincible' due to the power of TM and the siddhis > is part and parcel of the TMO teaching and its > environments. The first reaction to a bad situation > happening is always going to be, "This isn't really > happening, because it *can't*. These kinds of things > just aren't supposed *to* happen."
But the school has had a history of dealing with mental illness problems. In the 80s after the sidhis came out, there were numerous mental health incidents on campus. The policy then was to quickly ship the person off to the mental hospital in nearby mt.pleasant. In recent yrs I've heard of MUM putting staff who've gone off the deep end onto the Trailways bus in town headed to their parents' home. The problem with Sem was that they needed to wait a day to get him on a plane and he was obviously violent. I think the real culture problem here is the tmo's obsession with getting good PR and avoiding bad PR to keep up the perfect image. Not wanting news of an attack to leak out kept faculty and administrators from contacting the proper authorities and generally dealing with it effectively. In fact, MUM probably has a more peaceful campus than most, and what MUM TBs need to realize is that even if news of the initial minor attack by pen in the classroom had gotten into the local paper by contacting the proper authorities, that would not have severely damaged the public's perception of MUM because most people realize that shit happens periodically, esp. involving the mentally ill, and no-one in the real world thinks MUM is perfect heaven on earth anyway. PS - read in the blogoshere yesterday how insurance cos may be a force to address global warming. they see the real evidence of it in their statistics on natural disasters and are getting hesitant to provide liability insurance for directors of cos. that both contribute to GW and actively work to deny it (Exxon) fearing it could lead to major lawsuits later on. Insurance cos may the force to get MUM down to earth as well. ------------------------ 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/
