Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:44 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This week is the 30th anniversary of Jonestown. I was in Iran on the world peace project when it happened and my buddies freaked out when I went missing one night. I didn't show up for a meeting because I was in a friend's room reading about the incident in his TIME magazine. When we got back to Switzerland Maharishi commented that a Christian cult had committed suicide. He was gloating a bit, as he was pissed at the fundamentalists for opposing TM in the schools, etc., and he was lumping the Jonestown cult in with them. A year or two later, MMY send a small delegation to Guyana to ask government officials there to give land and support for a Sidhaland in the jungle. The government bureaucrat's reaction was basically, Are you nuts? Don't you know what we've been through down here? My recollection is that MMY's response was: if they can't see the difference between us and Jim Jones, we're not interested in them (either). What a mature and thoughtful response. Sal
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:15 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown Curtis, I continue to read your posts, and the below is one of your best wisdom nutshells. I agree. I emailed Curtis privately to suggest that he write a book, perhaps about his spiritual odyssey. I think he could do it with a lot of humor and wisdom and it would sell well. He's a great writer and is wasting his time selling real estate. Singing Delta Blues definitely not a waste though.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:04 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown If you start with the assumption that 90% of the value of writing about my experiences is to help me sort out my own feelings and perspectives, then FFL serves that need very nicely. Thanks for that! Maybe someday you should take all your FFL writings and make them into a book. You've written some stuff here that deserves a wider audience. Nice to hear that you're full-time on the music. I thought you were doing real estate to pay the bills.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:24 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown I would be more interested in a book by you about your personal time with Maharishi. I lack your writing talent. Maybe somebody should put together a Best of FFL book.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
On Nov 10, 2008, at 1:23 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I would be more interested in a book by you about your personal time with Maharishi. Or you could even do an Anthology of sorts with a different person writing each section or chapter.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:37 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown Right, who would buy and read such utter nonsense anyway ? What you need in your desperate attempt to make a few dollars from you life as a Sidha somewhere, as a sideshow to your playing the Hillbilly music to other intellectually challenged white trash, is some juicy rumours from your friend Rick Archer. I'm sure he will be happy to contribute. Doesn't matter if the content is utter lies or whatever, it will perhaps be good on the backsleeve of your book and perhaps even add a few sales ?! Just a thought. Hey, here's a book idea: The Best of Nabby. It would have a tragicomic theme, showing how humorous cult mentality can be when taken to extremes. Gems of nastiness whose master often said speak the truth which is sweet.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:53 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown One might ask; why on earth should Maharishi be remorseful about the lost lives of these persons when they will soon arrive with new bodies ready for again to make fools of themselves ? So true. Kill Them All, Let God Sort Them Out!: http://www.hendersons.net/straitway/2001/03012001.htm
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:54 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:24 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown I would be more interested in a book by you about your personal time with Maharishi. I lack your writing talent. Maybe somebody should put together a Best of FFL book. I forget the guy's name, but a '70s MIU-era TMer who came back to Fairfield a few years ago wrote a book about his experience. Part of that experience was mentioning FFL (and Rick Archer, natch) and he did what I would call a mini best of FFL by producing several posting, in part. Geoff Gilpin: http://www.geoffgilpin.com/
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:08 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gems of nastiness whose master often said speak the truth which is sweet. I've said this before and I am not ashamed of saying it again; I definately have a lot to learn about being sweet. That said, when fellows like you unhestitantly not only spread the most poisenous rumors, but also in the process aspire to make money - are such persons inviting sweetness ? You certainly didn't learn much between your 1st 2nd paragraphs. Who's making money? Perhaps I will be judged hard for being hard towards ruffians. I could not care less. Ah, but you should. Unless you want to live your life as a complete hypocrite, violating some of Maharishi's most cherished teachings.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 5:11 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jonestown Hey Turq, A writer's compliment from you is much appreciated. What's that I hear...I think I can hear Nabby's teeth grinding! Certainly from my journey on FFL anything I would write about my experiences in the movement would be kinder and gentler than what I would have written closer to the experiences. Processing things here has been very helpful personally. You see Nabby? FFL has nourished Curtis's soul. Even got him meditating again I think. So perhaps I'm not such an evil character after all.
