--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Remember: this is the guy who told Andrew Skolnick > > > > that TM teachers were taught to lie. > > > > > > And this is Sparaig, who *still* hasn't gotten > > > that what this admission means, if true, is that > > > *his* teachers were taught to lie to *him*. > > > > > > I can think of dozens of instances in which I, > > > as a TM teacher, was instructed to lie. About > > > half of them were during my TTC, in terms of > > > how to answer certain "embarrassing" questions, > > > and the other half were while I was working for > > > the National Center in L.A. > > > > OK. So howabout examples... > > No time today to do the subject justice, and > probably no interest in doing it later in the > week when things are less busy. > > I'll give you one example of the latter type > of lie, the ones while working at National. > > After my period as a State Coordinator, > I was asked to take over Barney Potratz's job > at National while he was away on his sidhis > course. So for a few months I was asked to lie > to employees there at National on pretty much > a weekly basis, and to potential employees (the > people I was interviewing) on pretty much a > daily basis. Most of the lies had to do with > the mythical "course credit." > > When each of these existing employees had signed > on, they had been told in explicit terms how much > credit they would be "earning" each month towards > ATR or TTC or their Sidhis course. Each of the > new employees I was interviewing was told the > same thing. > > But about the time I arrived, the "higher ups" > (meaning, in this case, probably "International > Staff" decided that they couldn't afford this any > more, and thus had no intention of ever giving > *any* of these people eve a penny towards any > course. I was forbidden to tell them this. > > The way it worked was that when an employee > applied to take the course they had been working > towards, they were taken into an office and told > that they had received no credit, and that this > was a new policy that was a surprise to the person > telling them this. (I never had to be the person > who did this; I wouldn't have been able to pull it > off.) If the employee spoke up about being ripped > off, they were fired on the spot. > > After a couple of months of this, I quit and went > to my own course, which fortunately I had enough > money to pay for myself, and which even more > fortunately turned out to be my last with the > TM movement ever. > > This is just one example of how we were told to > lie to people. There are many others. If the TM > teachers here are honest, I'm sure they will come > up with a few examples of their own... >
OK, so the TM orgnizatio engages in shoddy, dishonest, even reprehensible business practices. That's a far cry from what Curtis was talking about to Skolnick. 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/
