--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anonybliss_ff <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > One lurker's view of "the feud": > > I'll bet it felt good to get that off your chest. :-) > > You are welcome to your opinion, even though it > seems that you are expressing it using a script > that has been thoughtfully provided to you, and > from behind a veil of anonymity. :-)
For the record, I have no idea who anonybliss is, nor have I communicated with him/her privately in any way. > > I respond only to one part of your rant: > > <snip> > > A few posts back Rick made a point about living in the now: > > Imagine not even being able to go to a concert in a church > > in France and just enjoy it without spending your concert > > time making up a dark fantasy about how the history of that > > church is just like Maharishi oppressing people and forcing > > TM down their throats and then coming on here and writing > > about it. Talk about not living in the nowJust shuddup and > > enjoy the music already! > > The music was wonderful, thank you. Jordi Savall is > a real musical treasure. > > But I think what you are really pissed off about > ( and...talk about 'not living in the Now'...have > been pissed off about and carrying around on your back > for almost a week now, fuming about, getting more and > more pissed off about until you finally had to let it > out in a flamefest of your own :-) is that the history > of that cathedral -- Catholics forcing Protestants to > attend a mass they didn't believe in, "for their own > good," *IS* exactly like Maharishi declaring that people > should be forced to practice TM. Or, s/he has been observing Barry for some time, thought it might be helpful to present his/her observations in the "feud" context, and cited the church concert thing as a particularly salient example of Barry's obsession with TM/TMO/MMY. Note that s/he expressed no opinion as to whether Barry's Catholic/Protestant parallel was valid. For all Barry knows, s/he may think it's on the nose and a Very Bad Thing. (Whether MMY has ever seriously said he thought people should be "forced" to do TM is another question entirely. Since that would be impossible on its face, I'm a bit dubious.) <snip> > I stand by my original point -- ANYONE who can justify > *forcing* people to follow his or her spiritual beliefs, > for *ANY* reason, has crossed a boundary from inspired > believer into the realm of dangerous fanatic. Maharishi > crossed that boundary many years ago. Plus which, no spiritual beliefs, of course, are required to practice TM, only the belief that the practice will be beneficial. And that, of course, can't be "forced" either. ------------------------ 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/
