--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <geezerfreak@> > wrote: > > > > Oh it does, your highness. I've even changed my mantra > > to cuntanada. > > The bliss is overflowing! Tomorrow I'll change it to > > Sri Sri Cuntanada Namah Namah! > > Unity is mine at last!!!!!! > > Now you've done it, and given away the secret of > how to create TM "advanced technique" mantras. :-) > > Following up on the general theme of cults ( and > hopefully not the personal spat...remember what > I said only a couple of days ago about a certain > someone having to have an 'enemy' at all times, > and who the most likely candidates for that > enemyship might be? :-), one of the traits I've > noticed about cults that I haven't ever seen in > the books that discuss them is that they promote > *attachment to a fixed notion of the self*. > > Just look at the way the cultists react when one > suggests that the group they belong to is a cult. > They act as if they personally have been *attacked*.
Actually, if you look at my exchange with geezerfreak that ended with the quote at the top, you'll find that it was precisely the opposite of what Barry describes. > Isn't that odd, when you think about it? They > *haven't* been attacked. All that's happened is > that someone has introduced a different point of > view about the group that they belong to, a point > of view that is different than theirs. This accurately describes my initial comment to geezerfreak. > But they react as if you'd slapped them in the face. > Go figure. And this accurately describes geezerfreak's reaction to my (entirely polite) disagreement, culminating in the charming quote at the top. In Barry's perception, the situation was the reverse of what actually took place. Isn't that odd, when you think about it? 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/
