So, do you have any new points to post? If so, you forgot to post them. How many times have we read this from you - twenty times this year? Why not post something new for a change? Fer chrissakes, get off this 'blisninny' rap! You are boring, Turq.
turquoiseb: > I've gotten used to the Blissnazis here at FFL, those who > are so stuck in one point of view that they feel the need > to try to impose it on others, and get them to admit that > they are "wrong" and only the Blissnazi is "right." My > approach to dealing with such people is to try to ignore > their silly asses, treat them as the perpetual adolescents > they are, and focus on more fun conversations. > > Recently I got to see this same dynamic on another forum. > A former Rama student started a private chat group on > Facebook to discuss him and what it was like to study with > him, and because no other such forums exist any more, it > attracted quite a few students eager to reconnect and > pass some pleasant moments engaging in "This is what I've > been up to since we last met...how about you?" conversations. > > No sooner did these kinds of conversations start than the > Blissnazi in question started barging in and demonizing > anyone who said anything other than the Rama Party Line. > She went out of her way to portray them as stupid, or > having not had the exalted experiences with Rama that she > did, or not understanding the "Truth" about him, or being > just plain malevolent and trying to "spoil things for > those who know the 'Truth.'" > > Suffice it to say I bailed after a few days. To their > credit, so have most of the other former students who > first signed on to the forum. They are, for the most part, > people who are comfortable with their *own* interpretations > of the time they spent with the guy, and perceive anyone > trying to tell them that these impressions are "wrong" as > the elitist insult it is. My suspicion is that within a > few weeks the forum will be down from a high of 120+ members > to less than a dozen, the ones who agree with the Blissnazi's > POV being the only ones left. > > And the thing is, the Blissnazi believes that all of these > people bailing after she insults them and tells them they > are "wrong" and only she is "right" are the ones who have > a problem. She's caught in that narcissistic dream in which > any opinion that differs from hers has to be perceived as > an invitation to a duel. And this duel has to be WON. Most > of the people she ran her Blissnazi number on "got" it > immediately, and bailed. With those who didn't, she started > deleting their posts if they didn't toe the Party Line, and > if it happened more than once she deleted them from the > forum. She sees nothing wrong with this. > > Doesn't it remind you of a few here on Fairfield Life? > I happen to know that the Rama Blissninny is fairly young, > and has spent her entire life in cults of one kind or > another. She is *used* to being told what to think, and > when Rama killed himself, she stepped into that role her- > self. Or tried to. To give you an example of the kind of > rigid thinking we are talking about, one of the things > she went ballistic about was someone -- not me -- using > the phrase "when Rama killed himself" in a post. She > suggested -- fairly strongly, since she had by then estab- > lished a track record of tossing out anyone who disagreed > with her -- that all future references to his death be what > they "really were," his Mahasamadhi. Life is just too > short to deal with this kind of head-in-the-sand idiocy, > so I bailed, and so did many others. > > WHY do so-called spiritual seekers act this way? What is > IN IT FOR THEM that they persist in such adolescent > behavior? From my point of view the inability to deal > with other points of vew is not "faith" or "honoring > the teacher," it's the ultimate sign of insecurity. > > The kinds of posters I like the most on FFL are the ones > who merely present their opinions, and graciously allow > others to have their own opinions. Curtis is like this, > and Joe and, I hope, myself. I really don't feel any need > to argue about something as unimportant as an OPINION, > and I have a hard time understanding the mind of anyone > who does. I *certainly* don't feel any need to play their > game and let them suck me into some elongated argument > about whose OPINION is more "right" or "wrong." > > That's the stuff of "birtherism." Here on FFL we even > have our own version of it. Whenever a former TM teacher > who has moved on to POVs other than Maharishi's says > something that the Blissnazis don't like, the cry goes > up, "He never really learned TM," or its variant, "He > never learned TM 'correctly,' the way *I* did." > > This kind of behavior -- trying to demonize or perform > character assassination on someone just because their > opinion differs from your own -- is an EMBARRASSMENT > to the whole notion of spiritual development. It's sad > enough when one sees it in a young person who has never > known any other environment than a dogmatic cult. To > see it in someone who was never even a *member* of the > cult she compulsively sells her opinions about, and who > is pushing 70, inspires nothing but pity. > > Nothing ever posted to Fairfield Life was the "Truth." > No one here "knows" that "Truth" any more than anyone > else. We just spout opinions. > > I think you can tell a lot about a person by how comfort- > able they are with other people holding other opinions. > If they feel the need to turn every "opinion conflict" > into some kind of battle, we are talking about a person > who is almost by definition insecure in their beliefs, > and is trying to bolster them by imposing them on others. > If they just state their opinion and allow others to do > the same, they are demonstrating to me spiritual maturity. >
