Dr Pete: "Hey, life has really big learning curve, doesn't it? A friend of mine used to make passes at women when he was checking their meditation. He'd lean over and kiss them. I was flabbergasted at this and asked him why he did it and what did they do. He said he did it because he like to kiss pretty girls and most of them kissed back. He had sex with a few of them. Really weird stuff. He now works as a chiropractor. Probably adjusts people in the nude!"
Now you freak'n tell me this! Where was this checking point when I was checking hottie after hottie in the DC center. I was soooooo pure that when chicks came on to me I was "professional". Oh the idealism of youth! I do remember that certain hot chicks used to get very long "checkings" from another teacher. I thought they were just gabbing (something my purity would never allow). Now I realize that it was much more likely that there was a little "slowly open the thighs" action going on. "Most of them kissed him back", what a world I missed in my sattvic lifestyle! I'm so glad rajas and tamas rule the day now. I'm not missing out on anything these days! --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > ...but once couldn't even see as the silliness > > they were: > > > > > > * Allowing Maharishi to "have the last word" and > > declare > > > the absolute truth about something, when I felt in > > my > > > heart and with every minute of my life experience > > that > > > what he was saying wasn't true. > > > > > > * Paying lip service to an organization I no > > longer > > > believed in and that I felt was on the wrong > > track, both > > > spiritually and ethically...just out of habit. > > > > > > * Feeling guilty about missing a meditation, when > > what I > > > was doing was so much more beneficial to someone > > else than > > > shutting my eyes and thinking a word I'd paid 35 > > bucks for. > > > > > > * Thinking that the word I'd paid 35 bucks for was > > "special." > > > > > > * Believing that Bad Things Would Happen if I > > spoke the > > > word I'd paid 35 bucks for aloud. > > > > > > * Being asked to carry a large sum of money > > illegally across > > > international borders by the TMO, and actually > > considering > > > doing it for a few seconds because the person > > asking me to > > > do it said, "Maharishi says it's Ok." > > > > > > * Borrowing money from people who worked for a > > living so > > > that I didn't have to, and could go to the Next > > Big Course > > > instead. That only happened once, and I paid them > > back as > > > soon as I got home, but it still makes me shake my > > head > > > and laugh at how incredibly *arrogant* I was to > > believe > > > that this was acceptable behavior. > > > > > > * Telling people in intro lectures that TM had no > > potential > > > negative side effects, after seeing with my own > > eyes the > > > "twitching group" at Fiuggi, 10 to 20 people with > > spasms > > > so uncontrollable that they were not allowed to > > leave their > > > hotels for fear they'd be arrested as crazy > > people. > > > > > > * Seeing someone sent home from an ATR course > > *for* develop- > > > ing uncontrollable muscle spasms, after having > > been told that > > > it was their fault and that not only would the > > money they > > > paid for the course not be refunded, but that they > > would not > > > be allowed to enter the TM center back home until > > the "embar- > > > rassing" symptoms had gone away...and not advising > > them to > > > call a lawyer and sue the shit out of the TMO. > > > > > > * Watching other TM teachers blackball someone and > > prevent > > > them from going to TM Teacher Training because > > they were > > > living with their girlfriend or because they had > > admitted > > > reading books by Carlos Castaneda and, after > > standing up > > > for both applicants and seeing the TM teachers > > turn "thumbs > > > down" on them anyway, not advising *them* to call > > a lawyer. > > > > > > * Watching as books were edited to remove > > embarrassing > > > statements by Maharishi or as tapes were burned > > because he'd > > > said something on them that the TM movement now > > wanted to > > > pretend he'd never said...and not speaking up. > > > > > > * Being told by a good friend, upon her return > > from one of > > > the first TM siddhi courses, that "flying" was a > > total hoax > > > and that -- despite the frequent claims of leaders > > of the > > > TMO at the time -- no one had even come close to > > actually > > > flying...and not believing her. > > > > > > * Paying big bucks to go the next TM siddhis > > course in > > > spite of what she said, realizing the truth of > > what she had > > > said, and not even being angry at the people who'd > > stood > > > up in front of large groups of people back at the > > National > > > TM Center in L.A. and told us that people were > > hovering > > > on a daily basis > > > > > > * Being told by Maharishi, "Wear your suit at all > > times, > > > even to the beach," and not laughing out loud. > > > > > > So many moments, so much silliness. Sometimes I > > look back on > > > some of the silly things I did because I'd been > > told to do > > > them, or because they were Standard Operating > > Procedure in > > > the TMO, and I just *howl* with laughter and with > > the > > > realization of how incredibly silly and stupid I > > was. > > > > > > It's a great exercise in humility, and in self > > acceptance. > > > I found ways to excuse all these things and > > rationalize > > > them away, or found ways to never even notice that > > I was > > > doing them. And I would bet that a few people here > > have a > > > similar list of similar sillinesses that they > > managed to > > > rationalize away or pretend weren't happening. > > > > > > It's normal. People on strong spiritual paths do > > silly shit. > > > It's almost the *definition* of being on a strong > > spiritual > > > path -- being willing to do silly shit. > > > > > > And if it feels right to do it, I say Go For It. > > Make no > > > excuses for the silly shit you do. *Revel* in the > > glory of > > > silly shitness. > > > > > > But if you ever get to a point where you can > > *recognize* it > > > as silly shit, I would suggest not being afraid to > > laugh > > > at the behavior, and at yourself for having > > behaved that way. > > > It's very liberating, and frees you to go out and > > do *new* > > > silly shit that you'll look back on and laugh > > about someday > > > in the future. > > > > > > :-) > > > > > You forgot to mention abusing your authority as a > > spiritual teacher > > to seduce women.:-) > > Hey, life has really big learning curve, doesn't it? A > friend of mine used to make passes at women when he > was checking their meditation. He'd lean over and kiss > them. I was flabbergasted at this and asked him why he > did it and what did they do. He said he did it because > he like to kiss pretty girls and most of them kissed > back. He had sex with a few of them. Really weird > stuff. He now works as a chiropractor. Probably > adjusts people in the nude! > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > === message truncated === > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ >
