[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-27 Thread doctordumbass
Yep, like finding that tool, always shiny and ready in the toolbox. No muss, no fuss. The world is as you are, live unbounded awareness - MMY. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-27 Thread Buck
I think it is wonderall what the Transcendendtal Meditation has done to bring meditation and spirituality in to the light of science in the world. TM and the people in it is not all the cult that the haters would make it out to be but also is simple essential spiritual method in life. Some of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-27 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: I think it is wonderall what the Transcendendtal Meditation has done to bring meditation and spirituality in to the light of science in the world. TM and the people in it is not all the cult that the haters would make it

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: On Behalf Of turquoiseb It's really fascinating having a break from work and thus catching up on The Master, the new TV series called Cult, and the best of them all, The Following, *all* while reading Fairfield Life

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread doctordumbass
Agreed Rick - and, btw, speaking of cult trauma, I am still waiting for reimbursement from you, Wally, and Michael, on those TIME magazines that always reappeared in my mailbox at the Manor, well thumbed through...;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:

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2013-02-26 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of doctordumb...@rocketmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:17 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking Agreed Rick - and, btw

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2013-02-26 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:14 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread doctordumbass
26, 2013 11:17 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking Agreed Rick - and, btw, speaking of cult trauma, I am still waiting for reimbursement from you, Wally, and Michael, on those TIME magazines that always reappeared

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2013-02-26 Thread Share Long
:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking     From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:14 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread doctordumbass
] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer wrote: I would suggest that it might also be important to be able to say I was part of a cult, but I actually benefitted from it in many ways

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2013-02-26 Thread Michael Jackson
: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking   If anyone can look at the robes and crowns, weight in gold, tallest buildings in the world, expensive tiny singing jars of rancid honey, and all the rest, and say it's not a cult, then I'd like to know what they would consider a cult

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread doctordumbass
@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer wrote: I would suggest that it might also be important to be able to say I was part of a cult, but I actually benefitted from it in many

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread turquoiseb
to physical violence. Good to know. From: Rick Archer rick@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking     From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread doctordumbass
violence. Good to know. From: Rick Archer rick@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking     From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread turquoiseb
@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:14 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread authfriend
It's interesting how mired Barry and Michael are in rigid, black-and-white, all-or-nothing, us-vs.-them thinking--the kind of thinking that is said to be characteristic of cultists. Here, Barry chooses to equate flawed with just fine, even though the meaning of flawed is NOT just fine. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
an organization consisting of flawed individuals being a flawed and sometimes silly part of this flawed but beautiful world. turquoiseb: I see. So fraud, money laundering, the seduction of students by a supposedly trusted teacher, lying, mis- representation to the public *and* to

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2013-02-26 Thread Share Long
on this?  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Over

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread turquoiseb
, February 26, 2013 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:14 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
. From: Rick Archer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Tuesday

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2013-02-26 Thread Share Long
!   From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:06 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: I don't agree with the items you list

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2013-02-26 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: It's really fascinating having a break from work and thus catching up on The Master, the new TV series called Cult, and the best of them all, The Following, *all* while reading Fairfield Life and tuning in to another

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Carol
Judy stated: [...] rigid, black-and-white, all-or-nothing, us-vs.-them thinking--the kind of thinking that is said to be characteristic of cultists.[...] Those are main parts of my definition/understanding of a cult. When I was in The Way and I would be out witnessing (recruiting) and a

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2013-02-26 Thread Share Long
: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking   Judy stated: [...] rigid, black-and-white, all-or-nothing, us-vs.-them thinking--the kind of thinking that is said to be characteristic of cultists.[...] Those are main parts of my definition

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread authfriend
If you don't want to hurt Barry's feelings and make him feel thoroughly inadequate, never suggest that he might be interested in anyone's opinion but his own. It upsets him terribly, really pushes his buttons. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
Carol: Judy stated: [...] rigid, black-and-white, all-or-nothing, us-vs.-them thinking--the kind of thinking that is said to be characteristic of cultists.[...] Carol: Those are main parts of my definition/understanding of a cult. The term 'cult' is just another term for 'sect'.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
authfriend: If you don't want to hurt Barry's feelings and make him feel thoroughly inadequate, never suggest that he might be interested in anyone's opinion but his own. It upsets him terribly, really pushes his buttons. According to what I've read, the anti-cult movement is the name

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: It's really fascinating having a break from work and thus catching up on The Master, the new TV series called Cult, and the best of them all, The Following, *all* while reading Fairfield Life and tuning in to another forum still inhabited by diehard Rama freaks. What it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread seventhray27
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwelch@... wrote: I like this excerpt from one of Deikman's book. Us and Them: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat http://www.deikman.com/wrong.html Part of the excerpt states: Some degree of cult behavior can be seen in all groups, so

[FairfieldLife] Re: The key to overcoming cult thinking

2013-02-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwelch@ wrote: I like this excerpt from one of Deikman's book. Us and Them: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat http://www.deikman.com/wrong.html Part of the