--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Well, you also made it sound as though anyone and everyone in the TMO > was a liar as Andrew Skolnick quoted you in his JAMA article:" > > Are you a teacher? Is it news for you that people in the movement > lie, especially to reporters? I was speaking about my experience. Is > it different for you?
So, you say that you were taught to lie and yet you also say: "> > My reasons for leaving TM were different from many others who left > TM > > and spoke about it. I was not a disgruntled member. I had > wonderful > > experiences and insights and had balanced my personal and > professional > > life when I decided to leave. I was teaching part-time and > enjoying a > > great real estate market, so I thought I had it all. I had the > bucks > > to enjoy the privileged side of TMO with its better access to MMY > than > > I had as a full-time member." > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > So much of what you said seems to be a natural pattern of growing up > > > with our ideas whatever they are. I suspect that I am neither > > > uniquely flawed nor gifted in intellectual awareness, in or out of > > > TMO. I also recognize that this group is far from TMO is so many > > > important ways. Ways that make this group a much nicer and more > > > interesting group to interact with. I have not been able to have a > > > mutually respectful conversation with anyone still in the group > > > mindset. I suspect some of the people here have similar experiences > > > although mine may be a little more intense because I publicly spoke > > > out against the TMO, breaking the most important "no talk" rule of any > > > dysfunctional family! > > > > > > > Well, you also made it sound as though anyone and everyone in the > TMO was a liar as > > Andrew Skolnick quoted you in his JAMA article: > > > > http://www.skeptictank.org/gs/sci603.htm > > [...] > > 'Ex-members say that the movement widely practices a style of > > deception some call the "SIMS shuffle." Curtis Mailloux, a former > > member who lives in Fairfax, Va, says the name is derived from the > > Student International Meditation Society, one of the Maharishi's > > front groups, where many members develop this skill. Mailloux says > > he "left the cult" in 1989 after 15 years. As a former TM teacher > > and chair of the TM center in Washington, DC, the largest in the > > United States, he is one of the highest ranking members to defect. > > > > "I was taught to lie and to get around the pretty rules of the > > 'unenlightened' in order to get favorable reports into the media," > > says Maillous. "We were taught how to exploit the reporters' > > gullibility and fascination with the exotic, especially what comes > > from the East. We thought we weren't doing anything wrong, because > > we were told it was often necessary to deceive the unenlightened to > > advance our guru's plan to save the world."' > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/iDk17A/hOaOAA/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/
