--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > I think your friend's observation is interesting and quite accurate > > in many ways but I somewhat disagree with his assessment that the TM > > teachers don't care anymore. > > > > I think they DO care. I think they care very much and have never > > stopped caring. > > > > I care. But like many I am disillusioned. I'll give two reasons. > > The first is one that applies, I believe, almost universally, to > > those teachers that "care" but no longer will run off to, say, an > > Invincibility Course when MMY calls for it. The second reason will > > be more personal and one that applies more specifically to me > > although there is, I believe, a significant demographic of this > > mindset as well: > > > > 1) THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF factor. It's hard to get excited about > > becoming a recert or coming to the Invincibility Course when every > > few months for virtually the past 30 years MMY comes out with THE > > NEXT GREAT THING (as I think Barry once called it). Yawn. I mean, > > why should I disrupt my life once again -- as I've done several > > times in my life -- because of an urgent call from MMY when I know > > that once HE loses interest in it that his attention will get > > diverted in a few months to something else? And we all know that > > this WILL happen. > > > > 2) Betrayal. I strongly feel that MMY has betrayed some very sacred > > tenets of the Movement. I won't bore you all by going into them > > because I've done so countless times on this forum. But I am not > > predisposed to go off to some course once again when he has said and > > done things that go against the very core of the principles upon > > which I joined the TMO in the first place. > > > > I would LOVE to be on the Invincibility Course...it would be sheer > > bliss...but I just can't knowing that I would possibly get very > > upset once I got there and had to be exposed to TMO bullshit. I'd > > feel trapped. So I know my limitations and stay away. > > > Very well put, Shemp, especially the bit about 30+ years of the next > big, I mean it this time, this is the real deal COURSE. I still enjoy > standard issue TM but my days of running off to the latest, greatest > course are looooooong gone. >
Gosh, I'd love to see a study of everyone who became a TM teacher and what category they fit into. How many were made teachers...10,000? Here are the categories I'd love to see for those 10,000 Doing TM regularly Doing TM but not regularly Diehard; will go on every course if resources allow Doing TM regularly, but cynical about the TMO etc. 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/
