--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/25/06 10:15 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > --- In [email protected] > >> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > >> > , Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> on 8/25/06 9:44 AM, sparaig at sparaig@ wrote: > >>>> >>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> MMY in the 23Aug2006 press conference at > >>>>>> >>>>> mou.org: > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "It is not fear, but love, that creates law and > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> order." > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Never did walk his talk. > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> So all he ever did was intimidate people? > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> No, but he structured an atmosphere in which there was > >> > plenty > >>> >> of > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> intimidation and fear, as well as good stuff. Mixed > bag. > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Unlike other spiritual organizations, eh? > >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> They¹re not all dysfunctional. > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>> What size organization are we talking about? > >>>> >>> > >>> >> Size doesn¹t matter. > >>> >> > >> > > >> > Heh. Au contraire. Women generally agree that size DOES matter, amongst > >> > themselves, > >> > (though they don't always agree with HOW it matters--I've been the ghost > >> > at > >> > female only > >> > conversations where everyone forgot about the lone guy sitting in the > >> station > >> > wagon's > >> > trunk). > >> > > >> > And size matters in a more consistent way when dealing with how > >> dysfunctional > >> > an > >> > organization gets. > > > So you¹re implying that the dysfunction of the TMO can be excused because > it¹s large. Then how come it appears to have grown increasingly > dysfunctional as it has shrunk over the last several decades? And how come > Amma¹s and SSRS¹s organizations, which are probably now much larger, are so > much less dysfunctional? >
I doubt if either is as large as the TMO was in its heyday. And MMY has very deliberately created a dysfunctional organization. Why, I'm not sure, but it is obvious. He even tacitly acknowledges it by his refusal to discuss things like the initiation fees. 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/
