[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One lurker's view of the feud: I'll bet it felt good to get that off your chest. :-) You are welcome to your opinion, even though it seems that you are expressing it using a script that has been thoughtfully

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] If you believe similarly, that there is *ANY* situation in which you would support mandating TM, then I suggest that you have crossed that boundary, too. How do you mandate not-trying? To subscribe, send a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread amarnath
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I stand by my original point -- ANYONE who can justify *forcing* people to follow his or her spiritual beliefs, for *ANY* reason, has crossed a boundary from inspired believer into the realm of dangerous fanatic.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff no_reply@ wrote: One lurker's view of the feud: I'll bet it felt good to get that off your chest. :-) You are welcome to your opinion, even though it seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Plus which, no spiritual beliefs, of course, are required to practice TM, only the belief that the practice will be beneficial. And that, of course, can't be forced either. You need not believe it to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] Plus which, no spiritual beliefs, of course, are required to practice TM, only the belief that the practice will be beneficial. And that, of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/16/06 10:53 PM, anon_couscous_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if they gave a war and nobody came? A general comment -- perhaps somewhat resonant with your thought. People have asked both Judy and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread anonybliss_ff
One lurker's view of the feud: It takes two to tango. I suspect people are trying to persuade Judy to change because she is more rational and seems more persuadable by logical argument—the logic being that her strategy to get Barry to change obviously hasn't worked and alienates others. I don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Judy, you could just let him stew in his own juices. You don't have to take it on. It must feel awful enough already to feel like he does. By continuing to engage him you just absorb his stuff and it gives him

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff no_reply@ wrote: snip Judy, you could just let him stew in his own juices. You don't have to take it on. It must feel awful enough already to feel like he

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread anonybliss_ff
Wayback's point that people on the list don't really need you to defend them is a good one though. Barry does his own damage to himself through his extremism. What if they gave a war and nobody came? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread anon_couscous_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if they gave a war and nobody came? A general comment -- perhaps somewhat resonant with your thought. People have asked both Judy and Barry to either i) not react nor respond to each others posts, or ii) if that

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonybliss_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I admit to being amazed by the level of vitriol, venom, contempt and bile that Barry carries and expresses towards Maharishi, TM, the TMO, and those he identifies as being sympathetic to any aspect of those.