--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 8/27/06 1:35 PM, nablus108 at nablus108@ 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. > > ************************************************************ >
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