--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: <snip> > > You appear to see Maharishi as a false teacher, a person > > driven by petty desires, more concerned about his appearance > > than almost anything else. Just as Steve ("vaj") sees him, > > as a greedy failure, out for money. Why this is I am not > > sure, for it all seems to be a dreamt up scenario which you > > and Steve ("vaj") constantly play out, supposedly trying to > > convince some imaginary brainwashed TMers of this concocted > > reality about Maharishi, when in fact all you are doing is > > sharing your own fantasy about Maharishi-- nothing more. > > There is no benefit to the constant strawman games and false > > arguments you pose about Maharishi, no 'aha!' experience to be > > gained from it, because there is no truth in it. Just another > > fantasy. > > Jim, I believe NONE of the things that you attribute > to me above. Not one of them. You will find none of > them in the post you replied to, at least none written > by me. Hell, even *Judy* didn't seem to find any of > them in her reply to the same post
Actually, although I'd have phrased the description of your attitude toward MMY a little differently, Jim's got the essence of your behavior. You've been dumping on MMY for 12 years now (maybe longer, but I first encountered you 12 years ago), and the vast majority of your criticisms have been straw men, your fantasies of who he is and why he does what he does. The post of yours in question is certainly a typical example. Unlike Jim, I don't think you're trying to convince imaginary brainwashed TMers of what you say about MMY; I think you're trying to convince others that anyone who supports or defends MMY against your attacks, or who says anything positive about MMY, is a brainwashed True Believer--another fantasy, designed to intimidate people into not voicing support for MMY lest they be classed as TBs, and to drive a wedge between supporters and nonsupporters. <snip> > Compare and contrast to yours. Something you read > pushed one of your buttons. As a spiritual exercise, > you might just oughta PageUp and read the post again > and figure out what it was. As a spiritual exercise, you might just want to contemplate why you've felt compelled to bash MMY and TMers continuously for *twelve years*--what, 15-20 years after you quit TM and the movement-- and why it has never occurred to you that this behavior might be just a tad unbalanced.
