On Sep 3, 2006, at 10:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> On Sep 2, 2006, at 7:31 PM, bob_brigante wrote: >> >>> So you are claiming that although MMY left India and taught >>> you and millions of other Westerners TM, a practice which >>> you say "brings the light," and which practice you say you >>> have practiced for 30 years, you do not regard discomfort >>> around MMY -- the man responsible for teaching you this >>> wonderful technique that you have been practicing for 30 >>> years (!) -- as demonstrating a deficiency in you rather than >>> MMY? >> >> Bob, JOOC, why is it always necessary to find "fault" with >> what someone else has said WRT MMY, when it's something you >> apparently don't like? Why not just accept that that was >> that person's experience, (not yours) and move on? Why the >> constant need to force explanations? Move on already. > > Just FYI, Sal, this is Eric Hoffer's #1 criterion > for True Believers as he defines them. (Since he > invented the term, IMO his definition is probably > worth paying attention to.) > > This criterion is defined as the person who reacts > negatively or angrily to anyone who doesn't treat > the leader of his particular mass movement "the > way he should." That is, if the followers of the > leader of the mass movement believe that the leader > should be treated as superhuman or godlike, they > would *also* tend to believe that anyone who does > *not* treat the leader as godlike is attacking or > dissing him. If the leader is, say, a political > leader and his followers treat him by saluting him > in a certain way (think Sieg Heil!), then anyone > who does *not* salute the leader that way (even > if their local customs or religionf forbid it) is > perceived as being disrespectful to the political > leader and often a traitor to the country.
Yep, and I think it becomes personal, too, in that the followers than perceive the other person's lack of appropriate motions as being disrespectful of themselves (the followers) and after a while the teacher or leader has all but been forgotten, as it becomes more and more a battle of wills. Like MMY says, it's all self-referral. :) Sal 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/
