--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I wasn't there, of course, but just from your quote > > > > > > I wouldn't be sure he was referring to attuning > > > > > > yourselves to his thinking in any case, so much as > > > > > > that eventually you would all be in the same state > > > > > > of consciousness he was. > > > > > > > > > > In my honest and long-considered opinion, > > > > > all of Maharishi's students have *always* > > > > > been in the same state of consciousness > > > > > as he is -- normal old waking state. The > > > > > problems arise when one or more of the > > > > > students start to achieve what the teacher > > > > > never has. > > > > > > > > <snore> > > > > > > P.S.: Notice, once again, that Barry has conflated > > > "What MMY sez..." (or in this case, "What MMY > > > may have meant...") with "What MMY sez is true." > > > > > > It's really a very obvious distinction, but Barry > > > simply cannot seem to make it. > > > > > > Could that be because the former gives him no > > > opportunity to recycle his old MMY-is-a-fraud- > > > and-you-stupid-TBs-believe-him mantras? > > > > Ah. As Maharishi would say, "A perfect opportunity > > for the answer we have already prepared." :-) > > Actually the answer Barry had already prepared is > completely irrelevant to the point I was making. > I was commenting on *Barry's* propensity to distort > what TMers say in order to find opportunities to > deliver the same shallow rants against TMers/the > TMO/MMY, while exalting himself, over and over and > OVER again. He hasn't said anything new in this > area for *years*, and the elaborate fantasy that > follows is no exception. > > <snip> > > They're convinced that their view of Maharishi > > is true and incontestable, even though many of > > these same people have never even sat in the > > same room with him. They're convinced that *their* > > interpretation of the things he says is "right," > > and that anyone who interprets them differently > > is, well, "wrong." > > Just to drive home the point, here's what I said > to Jim again: > > "I wasn't there, of course, but just from your quote > I wouldn't be sure he was referring to attuning > yourselves to his thinking in any case, so much as > that eventually you would all be in the same state > of consciousness he was." > > Yup, that sure does sound like I'm convinced that > my interpretation of what Jim reported MMY to have > said was "right," doesn't it? I mean, "I wouldn't > be sure" is precisely synonymous with "I am > convinced," right? > > Barry's "vacation" sure seems to have helped him > clean up the habit of nastiness he was finding so > burdensome when he left: > > "I have also pondered the things that others > have said about my participation here, and have > come to the conclusion that they were correct. > I don't belong here; the nasty things that are > said get to me and all too often goad me into > participating in and perpetuating -- if not > deepening -- the nastiness. Kirk was right in > his decision to leave FFL, and for the right > reasons. He found many of the discussions here, > the way they are handled, and the mindset of > the 'handlers' too heartbreaking for him to > endure. He wisely moved on. I join him in that > decision, and in the quest for people who more > closely share my own sensibilities." > As long as the paychecks keep coming in, why should Barry stop posting rubbish here ? He is a young and aggressive soul that needs something to focus on and a "father" to sponsor him. He has that now; so he will not stop.
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