--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/24/06 11:33 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> >> It;s a dangerous mental place to be....history proves that. Let me > >> > ask > >>> >> you....what do you suppose would happens if someone...say Raja John > >>> >> for instance (who I knew quite well), stood up and > >> > said "Maharishi, I > >>> >> feel that this is the wrong direction to take. We sound like we're > >>> >> threatening people with disaster who do not come to the dome". > >>> >> > >>> >> What would his movement life expectancy be? Brother, his bags > >> > would be > >>> >> packed before he got back to his room. > >> > > >> > I don't know why that seems so weird- again, it seems like you are > >> > looking for something that doesn't exist in the world-- being asked > >> > to leave would happen if you espoused communism while working for > >> > the US govt, or solidly championed a major competitor on the job, or > >> > rooted for the opposite team in sports. Its just the way > >> > organizations work (which is why I don't join them easily). > >> > > >> > As for people thinking for themselves, they either get it or they > >> > don't- with TM my experience was that delusions crumble eventually, > >> > and inevitably. > > > > I¹m seen people criticize Amma in public. For instance, one fellow told her > in the mike in front of a thousand people that he felt she was distracted > while giving him darshan because she was carrying on a conversation with > someone at the same time. He certainly didn¹t get in trouble. On the > contrary, she gave him a sweet explanation, and also became contrite and > told him she would be more careful in the future. > > I¹ve also seen Maharishi admit wrongdoing when an inconsistency in his > behavior was brought to his attention (by me), but I doubt that happens > these days, because no one would dare do that anymore. >
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