--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two memories stick in my mind. One was one of the "girls" > Swami Rama screwed with. I say "girl" because this young > woman was the epitome of innocence and mildness. And it > was as if she was "shattered", some part of her, from > the incidents. Innocence shattered. > > The other was one of the stories from the sexie sadie file > which comes from one of my closest friends. Right after he > found out--he was floored, almost "shocky". When he came > around he wanted all the teachers to know in our area, so > we went to the local potluck and he told them. I'll never > ever, ever forget the looks on the faces of the initiators > when we told them. It was total outright denial--just a > flat, ignorant affect--as if they were pretending (or > something superimposed on them was pretending) they had > not heard one word.
I've seen the same phenomenon -- both sides of it -- a few times myself. I say both sides of it because I think it all comes from the 'pedestal' phenomenon. Once some people put someone up on one, they will do anything in their power to keep them there, perform the most awesome feats of denial. But the instant they find something about the person on the pedestal they can't deny, they're first in line to topple the pedestal. Your friend was 'shocky' because of the shock of realizing he'd been performing the former; he rushed to tell the other teachers because of the latter. Some of the dalliances of 'my' Rama invited the same biloar reactions. His students would deny some of the gnarlier stories they heard about him and the women students up one side and down the other, until the woman telling the story was their friend, or wife, or girlfriend. Then the pedestal- toppling would begin. It's an ugly scenario all around, one that in my considered opinion is best avoided altogether by teachers keeping their dicks in their pants.
