--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > I certainly did not mean that in a disparaging way in your regard > NM, > > I meant it merely as an observation, that from our personal > > conversations you held what I consider to be some of the primary > > qualities of a TB: the belief that TM (and perhaps, but not > > necessarily the TMSP) are great techniques that lead to > enlightenment > > and that Mahesh Varma is an enlightened being. That's all in your > > regard. > > Wow. By that definition, *I* am a TB! The mind boggles. > > Personally, I'd define a TB as someone who believes that TM/TMSP are > the best, fastest, or probably even the *only* way to get to > enlightenment, and that MMY is the best, highest, or probably even > *only* Guru who is worth His salt. IOW, anyone who thinks "my way is > better than your way" is a TB. Otherwise, you're leaving out whole > turns of the spiral, sandwiching a multicolored reality into black and > white.
Yes, thats along the lines of my connotation and use of the term. And for me, it can also mean a willing aplogist for odd cultish behavior of ther organization and its members. And may imply cliquishness -- interacting only with those of like mind. Having ones number one priority in life being the organization --above family, kids, education, savings, career, etc. TMO is not unique in having some TBS. Any number of oganizations do. Even administrations.
