--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/27/06 1:35 PM, nablus108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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. > > Hey Barry, shouldn¹t I get a commission?
The check is in the mail... :-) BTW, here's the last post I wrote that day that I spent writing about my reactions to seeing FFL after not having read it for three weeks: ************************************************************ Balance In these musings, I've said too much about the angry and compulsive TBs on this forum, those who are allowing their own self hatred to ruin their lives. But today I've realized that I need to say some things about the vast majority of the posters to Fairfield Life, and the obvious fact that -- in contrast -- they actually *have* lives, and that those lives are far from in ruin. FFL has been really good for me in that it taught me that many of my attitudes about TM and its adherents were formed by too long a period spent on alt.meditation. transcendental, where the angry compulsive TBs prevailed, and consistently shouted down and attempted to drive away any more positive voices. Fairfield Life has taught me that a.m.t. is the aberration, and that balance is more the norm among long-term practitioners of TM. The examples provided here by the many folks who have found some sense of *balance* with regard to their many years of participation in TM and the TMO are nothing short of inspiring. These people have *not*, on the whole, grown bitter as a result of years of involvement with an organization that couldn't do more to inspire such bitterness if it tried. You guys still have HOPE. The vast majority of you still follow a strongly spiritual path, whatever form it may take (even if that form involves a strong belief in pathlessness). I find this encouraging, and inspiring. So this is just a short "thank you note" to Rick and Jim and Tom T. and new.morning and Sal and Ingegerd and cardemeister and Curtis and Dr. Pete and George and Mike H. and Michael and Paul and MDixon and scienceofabundance and Shemp and JohnY and Kirk and Rory and LBS and all the many others I've forgotten for your contributions here. Your posts consistently remind me that a person who has devoted years of their lives to TM does *not* have to turn into an angry, bitter old fuck. They remind me that the spiritual path is endless, without any of the boundaries that lesser seekers attempt to impose on it. Thanks to you all for providing a positive example of how to walk the walk, especially on a forum on which a few noisy parrots do nothing but talk the talk. ************************************************************ 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/
