--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can imagine how weird it would have been if you were doing > unauthorized, and un paid for, flying Louis! I had some experience > with National when I taught at the DC center that lead me to believe > that being black in the movement was no picnic. The air of suspicion > was real. Remember when Roger Moore became Kaufi Tegamunga? The name > changing really shook up the higher ups I'll bet! > > I always thought John was put in a bad position because many people > needed counseling but he was so restricted with mixed messages from > the movement about his profession. He must have always been walking on > eggshells with the higher ups. TM was supposed to solve all problems, > but what do you do if it doesn't? > > Remember Pavlik? He had his breakdown having lunch with me. (causal?) > He had taken a few blocks of sidhis and felt like he was losing his > mind, and wanted to meet for lunch to talk about it. He went > completely mad in front of me. I dragged him physically to John's > office. John seemed terrified. Pavlik was totally out of it and > needed medication. Maybe his professional experience gave John an > insight into what was possible from a person in this state, Pavlik was > a pretty big guy, or maybe it was all out of John's league. But he was > the only guy on campus in that position. I remember feeling like the > situation was out of control, and no one was able to help Pavlik or > knew how to manage the situation. John was using me to control > Pavlik. I don't think I was really the right guy for the job! They > shipped him off to a hospital. His life took more tragic turns after > that. He was banned from campus and started the downward spiral of > homelessness and incarceration. That is a tough age group for > breakdowns. I don't know if it was any different at MIU from any > other college. I do know that people who needed help were threatened > with being denied courses if they sought psychological help. I hope > they have corrected this flaw since the student got stabbed. I wonder > what happened to John?
Sounds like Shapiro at least handled it better than the chumps who handled Shuvender Sem...at least Pavlik didn't kill anyone. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Louis McKenzie <ltm457@> wrote: > > > > John SHapiro was a nut case. He was the school psychologist. I > was being watched because I was flying before the course, and in order > to be on the course I had to agree not to fly until I got the > technique. Also I had a good friend who was working on staff and some > had the fear that I might give him the sidhis. Being the only Black > on the course had its disavantages. Give example one day I saw John > following me. I thought maybe I may have been imagining, the day > before I had eaten in the blue room. So I went in and waited at the > door and when he put his face to the window too look in I put mind to > the other side or opened the door and said YES! > > > > They had a guy named Mark Tomacci (SP?) come and stand outside my > door to see if I was flying. Just so happened that when I meditated > I could sometimes see things that I could not see when not meditating > so I called Mark by name and asked why he was standing outside my door. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: authfriend <jstein@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:32:43 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Karmic "Like Attracts Like" Theory > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Louis McKenzie <ltm457@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Coming from the old days the most crazy experience > > > I had with Christians was when they had infiltrated > > > our sidhis program. There was a guy Kevin Miller, > > > he did the whole summer program when at the end he > > > comes to me and starts talking very crazy. Trying > > > to convert me to Jesus. Also telling me all kinds > > > of things about Maharishi blah blah blah.. There > > > was some minister in town who was converting people. > > > Kevin had been a plant. WOW! I called Dennis. > > > They talked to him and soon after he left. I could > > > not believe that someone would have stayed the whole > > > summer and then betrayed the whole system like that. > > > > Very highly motivated? > > > > Are you sure he was a plant from the start, or could > > someone from the outside have gotten to him while he > > was doing the summer program? > > > > > Then I thought John Shapiro was too busy watching me > > > and not paying attention to people like Kevin this > > > is how these things happened. > > > > Why was he watching you? (I don't know who John > > Shapiro is.) > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: authfriend <jstein@> > > > To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com > > > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:44:04 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Karmic "Like Attracts Like" Theory > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@ .> > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Very few religions or spiritual groups could be more > > > > characterized as "jealous religions" than the Christian > > > > fundies. They feel *threatened* a lot. People who can > > > > think for themselves threaten them. People who are > > > > open to other spiritual traditions threaten them. So > > > > "like attracted like." When TM began to make inroads > > > > into their numbers, they became even *more* jealous, > > > > and decided to fight the TMO. > > > > > > I don't think TM has ever made any "inroads" > > > into the number of Christian fundies. Some > > > young people who had been brought up fundie > > > and had rebelled and gone their own way as > > > they got older may eventually have gravitated > > > to TM, but they were already irrevocably lost > > > to the fundies. > > > > > > I suspect you'd find there are far more people > > > who used to be TMers who have become fundies > > > than vice-versa. > > <snip> > > > 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/
