--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > During my lifetime I have had conversations > > > with bums, with whores and pimps, with a murderer > > > (who was a TMer, by the way), with atheists and > > > with total materialists. Not ONE of them was any > > > less "spiritual" than any of the "spiritual" people > > > I've met in over 40 years of spiritual seeking. And > > > to be honest, most of them were nicer people than > > > the people I know who consider themselves spiritual. > > > > I wonder what the editors on this list will make of this > > oxymoronic passage? The only TMers that qualify as nice > > and spiritual are those that have killed other people? > > Well, he *was* nicer than many TMers I've met. Really > sweet guy. > > It was in Las Vegas. I was dating another TMer who > was visiting her parents there, and so I drove out from > L.A. to spend a little time with her (she didn't live in > L.A.). Because I was working for the Regional Office at > the time, they asked me to give an advanced lecture at > the local TM center, and I did. And I met some wonderful > people there, including this big guy who, I was told, > hadn't missed a weekly advanced lecture since he'd > started TM a couple of years before. > > And so after the lecture we're all standing around talking > and drinking punch and eating cookies. Me and the big guy > had some wonderful discussions about meditation, about > enlightenment, and about reincarnation. And then someone > brought up this radio DJ in L.A. who had been giving TM a > hard time. This was at the beginning of the "Is TM a religion" > court cases, and the DJ was definitely taking the "Yes" > position on the air -- often, and as if it were some kind > of crusade for him. Later that evening, the big guy took me > aside from the rest of the group and said to me, "You know, > something could *happen* to this DJ if you want." > > I thought he was joking and I laughed it off and said, "No, > I don't think that'll be necessary," and we went back to > the other meditators and had a grand old time. > > Later I mentioned it to my ladyfriend and she told me what > the fellow did for a living there in Las Vegas, and that he > hadn't been joking. It turns out that if you grow up in > Vegas, you pretty much know all the "made" guys in town by > sight. > > True story. Very weird. Don't know quite what to make of it > to this day. The guy was jolly and outgoing, sorta like Tony > Soprano on TV when he's laughing and joking with his family. > Go figure. I mean, go fucking figure. >
Perhaps our friend Dr Peter can offer an hypothesis? Early life trauma ... memory/personality compartmentalization ... ?
