> > Isn't it a little early in the morning for you > > to be so, um, incoherent? > > Jim Flanegin wrote: > bottom's up!:-) > Now it's on top, Jim - but maybe Barry was up late, instead of being up early in the morning. If it had been early in the morning he would probably have been at a flea market. It it was late, he probably would have been in a cafe. Either way, this was one of the most incoherent posts I've ever read posted by Barry. Especially the part about Rory not being a TM teacher!
http://www.artesmagicae.com/auto1.htm TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Here's an interesting thought to ponder. There is > > > no question that the TM organization is highly > > > hierarchical. There are "levels of importance," > > > with Maharishi at the top of the pyramid, Rajas > > > and the like below that, others things below the > > > Rajas, then Governors, TM teachers, and finally > > > the peons -- the regular run-of-the-mill TM > > > practitioners. > > > > > > My suggestion for something to ponder is what seems > > > to happen to long-term peons over time. > > > > > > Has anyone else here noticed that several of the > > > *non* TM teachers or governors here seem to be the > > > ones who are most compelled to "cruise for attention" > > > by either 1) talking about their 'good experiences' > > > > B-b-b-but Barry, you always say you *like* > > hearing about others' experiences. You also > > always claim that TMers in general, and I in > > particular, don't have any good experiences to > > talk about, that we dump on people who talk > > about their experiences 'cause we're jealous, > > remember? > > > > You're always complaining that FFL is an > > unfriendly place to talk about one's experiences. > > Now you seem to want to make it unfriendly for > > TMers to talk about their experienes. > > > > > or 2) proving how well they were able to memorize > > > What Maharishi (and their TM teachers) Said? > > > > I've never memorized any of MMY's teaching, > > actually. That's what TM teachers do, and I'm > > not a TM teacher, remember? > > > > > Is it possible that what is motivating these folks > > > is a sense of inferiority at being stuck at the > > > bottom end of the power pyramid. They strut their > > > stuff like third-graders in a classroom hoping for > > > a little attention from the teachers. > > > > So if that *weren't* what was motivating us, we > > non-teachers would just shut up whenever there > > were TM teachers present? > > > > > Think about it. Jim. Rory. Judy. None of them TM > > > teachers, *all* of them engaging in a near-constant > > > quest for "strokes" *from* TM teachers. Just look > > > at the way that they *react* when an On The Program > > > TM teacher praises them. They fall all over them- > > > selves thanking their "betters" for the praise, and > > > even adopting the "Aw shucks...you didn't have to > > > call me a Bodhisattva" pose *expected* of someone > > > at the bottom of the food chain when dealing with > > > those higher up in that food chain. > > Judy wrote: > > Barry, you are *so* messed up. In the first place, > > I can't recall any "on the program" TM teachers > > here praising me for anything, much less my falling > > all over myself to thank them. > > > > For that matter, which participants here *are* > > on-the-program TM teachers?? I can't think of > > any offhand. > > > > In the second place, my Bodhisattva demurral > > was addressed to Rory, whom you just made a big > > point of noting is *not* a TM teacher. > > > > Third, if an on-the-program TM teacher *had* > > called me a Boddhisatva and I had simply thanked > > them without demurring, you'd have made a big > > deal of my having accepted the characterization > > (damned if she does, damned if she doesn't). > > > > Funniest of all, not long ago you castigated > > me for purportedly consistently reacting > > negatively to Rory's posts, remember? (That > > wasn't true, of course, but what the heck.) > > You accused the TMers here, me included, of > > "piling on" until Rory got so discouraged he > > stopped posting. > > > > (At that point you were slobbering all over > > Rory, among other things praising him for > > posting with "grace and dignity." Ah, how > > times have changed...) > > > > Bottom line, Barry, you dreamed up what you > > describe in this post out of thin air > > (including all those on-the-program TM > > teachers who participate in FFL). None of it > > bears any relationship to what actually goes > > on here. > >
