--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: > > > > > > > > on 8/26/06 3:28 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > I really think that in Mahesh's mind, if he could hussle > for > > Guru > > > > >> > Dev, then how hard could it be for a couple of his > flunkies to > > set up > > > > >> > hotels for 600 attending the course he just decided would > start > > in 3 > > > > >> > weeks or 2 months. > > > > > > > > > This worked pretty well for ATRs, etc., because TMers had > > unstructured lives > > > > and could change directions pretty fast. But the same tactic was > > applied to > > > > scientific symposiums the movement would set up. Professionals > > accustomed to > > > > scheduling their lives a year ahead were invited to these things > > with a few > > > > weeks notice or less. And most were flops. One time a mayor¹s > > conference was > > > > organized like this in Arosa. All the world¹s mayors were > > invited. Only the > > > > Mayor of Winnepeg showed up. He had really had to pull some > strings > > to get > > > > approval to come. He freaked when he realized no one else had > come. > > The > > > > first thing he did was ask for a drink. Maharishi saved the day > by > > giving > > > > him tons of attention and somehow, he went away happy. > > > > > > > > > > Support of nature? Was the conference meant for the potential > > participants, or to give the > > > organizers something to do? > > > > There, this shows how easy any action can be rationalized. > > And we MUST NOT EVER suggest or even *consider* a > less-than-100 percent negative explanation for > anything MMY or the TMO does that seems odd to us, > EVEN if that explanation actually makes sense-- > because that would mean we were <gasp> True > Believers. > > The corollary: It is NEVER the negative interpretation > that is off the wall, ONLY the positive one. In fact, > the more negative it is, the saner it is, and vice- > versa. > Who said anything about a 'negative explaination'. I was talking about rationalizing an action that did not work according to plan. Plan fails - redifine it to fit the outcome - 'rationalize'. What was the conference for? For the mayors, no it was just COSMIC wheel spinning... We really didn't intend for it to suceed, ya that's the ticket. Again this shows how easyly any action can be rationalized.
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