[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-29 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for the update, Doug. Sounds like it all depends on the strength of the troika in moderating the dictatorial one. Fingers crossed... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Ollie wrote before: Has anyone spoken to this angry person in a clear and direct fashion, about this problem

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-29 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ollie wrote before: Has anyone spoken to this angry person in a clear and direct fashion, about this problem, or is that not possible? Something that we have learned about asocial narcissism in our long discussions of narcissism on FFL is that an effective way for organizations to protect the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ollie, real fair point. There are certainly a lot of cultivated spiritual folks here in TM with their feet on the ground; outwardly successful in life and then also a whole spectrum of others who are not, about like everywhere else. In ways our demographics as meditators are not different

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks - ha-ha, the drill sergeant. Nothing like being yourself, is there? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program alon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yeah, a lot of people still hung up on who Maharishi was or wasn't. It doesn't matter, imo. There is a technique to do, and that's it. No beliefs necessary. A small group will insist otherwise, both pro and con, but it is incorrect. Nothing, except the mantra imparted is part of the basic progra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. I don't believe you, or you don't get out much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
The problem with TM is that if you want something more then TM isn't it. It's essentially "yoga lite". And that may work well for a lot of people as a relaxation technique. There are some very powerful things in yoga and some things that are overlooked by TM. Also from the theory of mantra s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. The issue seems to be those who have forsaken

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. The issue seems to be those who have forsaken everything, in order to chase enlightenment by cop

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Glad to hear it - Thank you for your efforts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Jeez Ollie, that is an extremely comprehensive comment and perceptive. Thanks for noticing. It is all a terribly interesting problem for those of us who live here. There is quite a lot in play right

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much to offer. We all know the background of Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much to offer. We all know the background of Maharishi not seeing a need for an integration of the study o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-25 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Jeez Ollie, that is an extremely comprehensive comment and perceptive. Thanks for noticing. It is all a terribly interesting problem for those of us who live here. There is quite a lot in play right now. The nitty-gritty of it is privileged right now in a lot of work with and between peopl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-25 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much to offer. We all know the background of Maharishi not seeing a need for an integration of the study of psychology with the benefits of TM, but this appe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-24 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Really Great observation, Back_for_more about capable leadership qualities in the abstract. Fine, but add in a derangement or two and you get a nut. Here in the movement we got someone in the middle of leadership of our meditatin