On Apr 17, 2006, at 11:02 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > But imagine that the person being forced to learn > and practice it is yourself, and that the technique > that has gained politically-correct favor enough to > be made mandatory is Scientology. Or Subud. Or for > those who are, in true TM fashion, terrified of any > technique that involves effort, some form of meditation > that actually required you to focus. How would you > feel about how benevolent these "meditation police" > might be? How funny is the joke then?
A friend who was a Social Worker, worked at a local and brand new psychiatric facility and was required to attend seminars by Landmark Forum---the latest incarnation of Werner Erhard's EST idea. Apparently a part of Landmark was getting into large corporations and getting everyone to take their course. He ended up having these trainings put in his job evaluation by his boss who wanted the whole hospital to take the training. Well, the course threw him into a psychotic break. He successfully sued the hospital and they settled out of court to avoid public exposure. Being forced to take this course was not funny to him. I could see the same thing happening with anything that was forced upon someone. 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/
