[FairfieldLife] Red Flags in a spiritual teaching context

2013-10-24 Thread TurquoiseB 
Some of the folks here have been around the block a few times in terms
of various spiritual teachers and teachings. As opposed to those who've
always been too Maharishi-whipped to try anything other than
fully-sanctioned OTP TM. So whichever of these groups you fall into,
have any of you ever heard teachers or seminar leaders say things like
the following:

* I am com­pletely con­scious about every­thing I teach.
* It's han­dled. I am com­ing from a higher /
enlight­ened state of being or consciousness.
* Nobody has told me I am full of crap … in a very, long time.
And if they did, they have left.
* I have cre­ated and main­tained a com­mu­nity
(cul­ture /  game) that very effi­ciently *cor­rects* any
dis­senters of the model  that I have laid out [declared].
* No mat­ter who comes into the com­mu­nity of
prac­ti­tion­ers, key real-world bench­marks con­tinue to
be elusive.
* I am an irre­place­able well­spring of wis­dom; pay
atten­tion to every­thing I say / do.
If you have, this article (posted to another forum I read today, and
which I take no stand on...I'm just passing it along for comment here)
suggests that you might have run into someone who is projecting his or
her shadow side into his or her teaching.

You decide. I'm just forwarding the link:

http://causingmastery.com/essays/the-teachers-shadow/
http://causingmastery.com/essays/the-teachers-shadow/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Red Flags in a spiritual teaching context

2013-10-24 Thread Michael Jackson 
Excellent excellent excellent article - thank you for posting it.

On Thu, 10/24/13, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Red Flags in a spiritual teaching context
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 4:03 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   Some of the folks here have been around the
 block a few times in terms of various spiritual
 teachers and teachings. As opposed to those who've
 always been too Maharishi-whipped to try anything other than
 fully-sanctioned OTP TM. So whichever of these groups you
 fall into, have any of you ever heard teachers or seminar
 leaders say things like the following:
 I am com­pletely con­scious about
 every­thing I teach.It's
 han­dled. I am com­ing from a higher / enlight­ened state
 of being or consciousness.Nobody has
 told me I am full of crap … in a very, long time. And if
 they did, they have left.I have
 cre­ated and main­tained a com­mu­nity (cul­ture / 
 game) that very effi­ciently *cor­rects* any dis­senters
 of the model 
 that I have laid out [declared].No
 mat­ter who comes into the com­mu­nity of
 prac­ti­tion­ers, key real-world bench­marks con­tinue
 to be elusive.I am an
 irre­place­able well­spring of wis­dom; pay atten­tion
 to every­thing I say / do.If you
 have, this article (posted to another forum I read today,
 and which I take no stand on...I'm just passing it along
 for comment here) suggests that you might have run into
 someone who is projecting his or her shadow side
 into his or her teaching. 
 
 You decide. I'm just forwarding the link:
 
 http://causingmastery.com/essays/the-teachers-shadow/