--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > TorquiseB writes: snipped > > > > Whatever the specifics were, the bottom line was always > > > > the same -- pretense. Pretending that the actuality of > > > > the life of a TMer conformed to Maharishi's claims of > > > > what the life of a TMer should be. And woe be unto him > > > > who pulls back the curtain on that pretense and reveals > > > > it for what it is. > > > > You really should qualify your use of the term "TMer", TorquiseB. > > > > I think it should read "TMOer" because that's really what you > > are referring to: someone in the TM organisation that takes > > instructions from the TMO and MMY. > > > > That's NOT a TMer: a TMer is one who practises the TM program > > and doesn't follow a guru nor is involved in the TMO. > > That's actually a good point, and I agree with it. > > However, it should be obvious from a few people > here that you don't actually have to have any > position within the TM organization to be as > much of a True Believer as those who are. In > fact, I think that sometimes it actually *helps* > to perpetuate one's illusions about Maharishi > to have never met him, or even seen him, except > on videotape.
I suspect it works just the opposite: If you've never been around him, you haven't had a chance to get hooked on the darshan and the whole mystique surrounding him. 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/
