--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I approved everyone who ever applied at the > > centers I worked at. Several of them were > > blackballed by other teachers, for greivous > > "sins" like reading off-the-program books, > > living together while unmarried, being gay, > > etc., but I always thought that the desire > > to do something for others should be supported. > > So you never had anyone who was considered a > "loose cannon" or unstable? I seem to recall > several from my center who were turned down > at the center level because they were that way.
Even if I had, I would have approved them for TTC because 1) it wasn't my *job* to make judgments like that, 2) seemingly unlike my fellow teachers, I never believed I was *capable* of making such judgments, and 3) I honestly think that the best thing Maharishi ever did was to give a few people the oppor- tunity to become teachers. They (we) weren't ready for it, they (we) were not adequately trained to do the job, and they (we) made lots of mistakes as they (we) tried to do the job. But at the same time we got to learn a lot, and to help a few people, and to exper- ience what it feels like to put your ego aside and work for the benefit of others. That smooths many rough edges. I'd give almost anyone who sincerely desired it that opportunity, rather than be the person who stood in their way. I mean, just look at the alternative, all the people on this forum who pretend to be spiritual and pretend to be gung-ho TMers, but who couldn't walk their talk on a bet. When are you *ever* going to see a Nablus showing up for a course, or a Sparaig, or a Peter Klutz, or a Judy Stein? They just talk. That's all they'll EVER do. Even now, when someone is willing to *pay* them to put their walk where their talk is and go on a course, they won't do it. They'll just talk. So when I met someone who *was* actually willing to walk their talk and *do* something like becoming a TM teacher, I was NOT going to be the one to stand in their way. Think of the alternative, those people who never even *aspired* to become teachers. Look -- every day on this forum -- at how their lives turned out, and what they turned into. I like to think that the people I approved for TTC turned out better. 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/
