--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The sales pitch (for indeed that is what the article is) > is to convince people to come to Fairfield and bounce on > their butts not only *for their own good*, but so that > they can be part of something that is "the best," "the > most," "the safest," "the ground zero of bliss." It's an > appeal to fear of the outside world and to the basic > superiority and elitism that the TMO began to emphasize > when it entered its contraction phase and stopped trying > to teach TM and attract new members. > > Also notice that there is not ONE WORD in the entire > article about doing this buttbouncing for the benefit of > others, to help the world. *Everything* is stated in > terms of what it can do for the person doing the butt- > bouncing, and what it feels like to be part of such an > elite and superior group. The appeal is to "come join us" > as we huddle in our domes ("the best place, possibly the > safest place, in the world")and have 'good experiences' > while the world goes to hell in a handbasket. > No WONDER they're having trouble getting people to go > there and do their programs there! >If this article is > their idea of how to "inspire" people, they've really > lost sight of the whole *purpose* of spiritual development, > which IMO is and always was to help others and to help > the world, *not* to increase the self and feed its > delusions of grandeur. >
Yes and people also filter out this stuff out and do just go because they have an experience with the spiritual practice of it that is not necessarily the TMorg or MMY but is a lot of people meditating in spiritual practice together. In going or joining at that level it becomes sort of a holding of the nose or going with blinders set to not let themselves be bothered by it so much. However what you are saying evidently has a lot of merit in the whole story of how it has gone here in FF for MMY and the TMorg. What is the number, 27K governors or tm-sidhas were taught? About a million TM meditators taught in North America? Now only some few hundreds rally at the call to come back? Maharishi wants input as to why the troubles getting people to come back to the domes? -Doug in FF 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/
