[FairfieldLife] Hello Fairfield
Hi folks, I have just joined and looking to learn more about the whole Maharishi thing from the folks who actually live in Fairfield. I just broke up with a woman who has been a hard core meditator for 25 yrs. I think she's been totally brain washed by this movement and the Maharishi. I calmly said to her the other day I thought he (Maharishi) was a liar a cheat and a fruad. I thought she was going to kill me. I have never witnessed such anger rage or hatred in my life. 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Hello Fairfield
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Hello Fairfield on 8/11/06 9:30 PM, Bill (William)Simmons at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I have just joined and looking to learn more about the whole Maharishi thing from the folks who actually live in Fairfield. I just broke up with a woman who has been a hard core meditator for 25 yrs. I think she's been totally brain washed by this movement and the Maharishi. How long had you been with her? Care to enumerate some of the symptoms of her brainwashing? I calmly said to her the other day I thought he (Maharishi) was a liar a cheat and a fruad. I thought she was going to kill me. I have never witnessed such anger rage or hatred in my life. Are you sure thats the only reason she was angry? In my opinion, if you want to know the truth of the matter, or move in that general direction, you have to strive for a nuanced perspective. If you say hes a liar a cheat and a fraud or hes the greatest saint who ever walked the earth youre pitching your tent on an extreme end of the spectrum. As Ive said here often (but you wouldnt know that because you just joined) the natural world, including people, is a complex mix of various and often paradoxical qualities and tendencies. It is rare if not impossible to find a person or thing that is predominantly characterized by a single quality or set of like qualities. Even examples such as Hitler or Mother Theresa support this contention. So yes, Maharishi is a liar. He has also spoken a lot of truth. Hes a cheat, but he has generously given far more than the average person. Hes a fraud, but judging from the benefits many have derived from his teachings, hes the real deal. And also, of course, Im all those things too. And you are. We all possess all qualities in various measures and degrees of manifestation. Youll find a lot in the files section and in the archives (Doug Hamilton posts an index periodically) that is quite damning. But most of Maharishis staunchest critics acknowledge that their lives have benefited tremendously from meditation, and that they had wonderful adventures and experiences with Maharishi and in his service. Maharishi is an extraordinary man who has had a profound influence on many people and on the culture at large. He is also, in some respects, an ordinary man who has carefully concealed his ordinariness in order to portray and preserve a public image. Much has been revealed in recent years, and more will be revealed after he dies. But I hope and predict that history will view him with a balanced perspective, as it has Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, and other great men who had their fair share of human foibles. __._,_.___ 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 Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
Re: [FairfieldLife] Hello Fairfield
On Aug 11, 2006, at 9:30 PM, Bill (William)Simmons wrote: Hi folks, I have just joined and looking to learn more about the whole Maharishi thing from the folks who actually live in Fairfield. I just broke up with a woman who has been a hard core meditator for 25 yrs. I think she's been totally brain washed by this movement and the Maharishi. I calmly said to her the other day I thought he (Maharishi) was a liar a cheat and a fruad. I thought she was going to kill me. I have never witnessed such anger rage or hatred in my life. Hard-core 25-year meditator, and she still had a trifle of an anger problem, you say? Well, just think of what she might have been like without the TM--she might really have killed you for saying something negative about MMY. :) Experiences like that are, unfortunately, why most of us are on longer part of the movement. Nutty reactions like that are amongst the things that drove us away a long time ago. BTW, welcome to FF Life. Sal 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Hello Fairfield
This is really so true, Rick, and despite my humorous (I think) response it's exactly the way I feel as well. We talk about MMY more than anyone else because he's been more important in our lives than most other people. Sal On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Rick Archer wrote: So yes, Maharishi is a liar. He has also spoken a lot of truth. He’s a cheat, but he has generously given far more than the average person. He’s a fraud, but judging from the benefits many have derived from his teachings, he’s the real deal. And also, of course, I’m all those things too. And you are. We all possess all qualities in various measures and degrees of manifestation. 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
