--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > He did say this [become in tune with my thinking] > > > > explicitly. Many times. On International Staff it was very > > > > much in the air. At Poland Spring, he said ³right now I¹m > > > > saying one things and 1,000 things are being heard.² > > > > (referring to the number of people in the audience.) > > > > ³Eventually you¹ll all hear the same thing.² (Meaning > > > > we all will have attuned ourselves to his thinking.) > > > > > > Or attuned to Reality which is one and therefore the same to all > > > knowers of Reality. > > > > Eggzactly. > > Segue time again... > > ************************************************************ > > The "the" Word > > What *is* the phenomenon that manifests itself in the > True Believers of the TMO? The *mechanics* of the > phenomenon are clear -- they treat every criticism of > TM, TMers and the TMO as if it were a personal attack. > But what *is* it in them that feels attacked? > > I think that the answer lies in one word used by one > poster here in a recent exchange. Rick suggested, "It's > based on the assumption that Maharishi has a handle on > Absolute Truth." The respondent insisted on redefining > Rick's statement using her own definition: "Or, that he > has a handle on the truth about the nature and mechanics > of consciousness." > > There is a word in that sentence that in my opinion > speaks volumes about the TM mentality, and what it is > in them that feels threatened and "attacked" when other > people question the TM dogma or propose other ways of > seeing things. Anyone get what it is? > > It's the word "the." She specifies that Maharishi has a > handle on "the truth," not "a truth." > > What the TBs are attached to, so much so that they don't > even realize it when their own language gives them away, > is the belief that there is only *one* truth. > > They cannot admit to the possibility of there being > another truth, or multiple truths, or even worse, contra- > dictory truths. Like in the Highlander movies, "There can > only be one." And naturally, these people feel that they > know what that single, solitary truth is. > > The TBs feel personally attacked when someone attacks an > idea they believe in because they have been told for > decades by Maharishi and his parrots that there *is* > only one truth, and that they are privy to it because he > was gracious enough to share it with TBs like themselves. > And *only* the TBs. If someone doesn't believe that the > TM truth is THE truth, well then at the very least (in > the eyes of the TBs) the non-believers have "misunder- > stood what was being said." More likely these deluded > souls (the critics) are motivated by jealousy of those > who know "THE" truth. > > I'm sorry, but the people who think and act like this > strike me as being really silly fucks. I mean, how much > experience with life could they possibly had to believe > that there is only one truth and one reality? It's just > fascism posing as spirituality. > > ************************************************************
Hey, T -- 'Fascism posing as spirituality' is bang on. Truth is exactly what you experience. The only reality that is is the one you experience. If you don't experience it, then, it isn't. If your mind is obsessed with story after story about what "the truth" is/might be/ought to be/or what Mahesh says it is or might be or what you think he might have meant when he said or you thought he said ... you get my drift -- then there's no possibility of experiencing truth, only our stories are experienced and this becomes your truth and you turn that into your 'fascism posing as spirituality'. -- People defend their fascism like religious extremists defend their sacred symbols. You could kill a billion people and it would not be as bad, say, as even suggesting bombing the Ka'ba or St. Peter's in Rome! The FBI could ruin the lives of many innocent people but it wouldn't be as bad as burning the American flag. TM used to be a really good thing. Mahesh single handedly turned it into his private fascist enterprise to dominate and manipulate the lives and resources of as many people as possible. Take a good look at the TMO as you read through that disgusting book "Mein Kampf". Mahesh had Devindra read it to him. This was in either the late 60's or very early 70's. Look what happened in the TMO at around this time. 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/
