--- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rick, them is fightin' words. As soon as there comes a public > defender of the TMorg faith here you are in trouble. > > Unless appointed otherwise, they do need a public defender here, > someone who could stand in the dock and give it back when charged. > I'd still like to see RudraJoe take on the postion of public > defender of the TMorg and MMY here by appointment. As a public > service. If anyone is up to it i do think his mind could be. > > I was sorry when Ken Wood bowed out recently. The current > replacement for Jane Hopson in TMorg fund raising, Jonathan Worster > a long time ago too used to post. They gave the brilliant true- > believer reply in short bursts but withered and retreated in the > public crossfire. It is kind of an indefensible postion being a > defender of the TMOrg and MMY almost anywhere now, to the point of > having to crawl on bellies. Position wanted, defender of the > faithful at FFL. Public service minded volunteers wanted. Apply on > line @FFL. Just send sample of your writing and thinking to FFL.
It's hard finding someone who has kept themselves far enough away from the TMO to still be willing to defend it. About the only people left who have managed that are the long-term meditators who carefully never went to TTC and never got involved with the movement. They wisely did this *so that* they could preserve their illusions about Maharishi, enlightenment, and the TMO. It also helps to have never met Maharishi or been in the same room with him. But lately even this is not enough, because even though these folks have tried their best never to hear anything that disturbs their fantasies, they've heard enough that even they don't claim to support the TMO and Maharishi any more. In fact, when called TM TBs, they become irate and attack the person who called them that. So my feeling is that if you want to fill the position of Public Defender of the TMO, you're gonna have to *recruit* for it. Find a place where unemployment is out of control and people are desperate for a job, any job, and then find someone who is willing to read any script placed in front of him for a price. To be certain that he doesn't improvise or deviate from the script in any way, you should make sure that the guy does NOT start TM. Otherwise, he might find out that many of the claims he'll be reading about it aren't true. Also, he should never learn or be allowed to witness yogic flying, only photographs of people in mid-air, *as if* they were flying. Follow these guidelines and I'm sure you'll find a good spokesperson soon. Just pick some guy who looks fairly healthy and smiles a lot and who can read a script. It won't *matter* that the guy doesn't do TM and never has -- if time has shown anything with regard to the TMO, it's that appearance is more important than reality. :-) 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
