--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Let's face it: none of you would even be acceptable in
> > > > a cult dome. What, are we, your last resort?
> > >
> > > LOL!
> > >
> > > That's really it, isn't it? There are a number of
> > > people here who REALIZE that they would never be
> > > allowed within a hundred yards of an "official"
> > > TM butt-bouncing dome. And yet they look around
> > > at the others who aren't allowed in and they say
> > > to themselves, "I'm not as bad as THEY are. Maybe
> > > if I make enough noise and insult these other
> > > rejects enough times, they'll let me back in
> > > to the clubhouse."
> > >
> > > Funniest image in a great long while, Vaj. Thanks.
> >
> > Classic projection. When confronted with one's own
> > doubts about one's spiritual practice, teacher, or
> > tradition, EXTERNALIZE them and project all the
> > anger that one feels towards ones self for feel-
> > ing these doubts onto those who are open about
> > having them, or worse, onto those who LAUGH at the
> > doubts and at those who feel threatened about
> > having them.
>
> You know, Barry, it isn't clear whether you're trying
> to convince the TM supporters here that we have doubts,
> or trying to convince eveyone else that we have doubts.
>
> Or, even more likely, that you're trying to convince
> *yourself* that we have doubts.
>
> If it's the first possibility, it isn't working for
> me, sorry.
>
> If it's the third, how's it working for you?
>
Interesting that both Vaj and Barry have expressed enjoyment at
laughing AT people, vs. laughing with them.
