--- jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], > "geezerfreak" > > <geezerfreak@> 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. > > > > Should be closer to 15,000 or so. And I agree with > you points above. > I was 10,000 and something (I have the number > written down somewhere > ) and that was in 1976. > > > JohnY What an enjoyable thread. This is why I joined FFL to have mature discussions about our involvement in the TMO and MMY and all the ramificatons of that involvement for so many years. By the way, I'm a doing TM regularly but cynical about the TMO > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
