Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Michael Jackson
particularly one that claims to have ultimate and extra special knowledge On Sat, 2/15/14, salyavin808 wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 6

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread salyavin808
You don't need any leader to be a cult. All you need is a belief system that sets you apart from the norm. cult [kuhlt] noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/15/2014 7:02 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: And we don't hardly see the gold hats and robes around much outside of a small circle deep inside at the top. > Most people in Fairfield and in the TMO probably don't see very many of the MUM administrators, and probably only see and interact

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Michael Jackson
agin On Sat, 2/15/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 4:14 PM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Heck TM does not even have a charismatic leader or leadership anymore. WE got administrators. It is kind of hard to have a cult without a charismatic leader that you could point to. That is defining of cults. Please see FFL post# 370565 . No, people become meditators and then freely participatin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread dhamiltony2k5
MJ, See Weber's comments on 'cult' in Melton's Intro to The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/370565 http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/370565 Your thesis around TM b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Michael Jackson
...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 1:02 PM   Nope, not a cult. TM now as a corporation obviously is not a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread awoelflebater
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Michael Jackson
You need to read up on what cults actually are before you make such statements. On Sat, 2/15/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Nope, not a cult. TM now as a corporation obviously is not a cult any more than any modern productive working corporation of employees is a 'cult'. TM and meditators as a community now are just like airline corporation employee pilots of an airline company. And they might go fly for their work w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-15 Thread Michael Jackson
too much sheep dip. On Sat, 2/15/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 5:49 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-14 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Shame on you MHJ. Om, First-Class Bull-Manure you Spread Wide and spread Thick here, MHJ. This TM now is not a “cult” no more as much as you might like to declare that it is. As we used to explain in the olde days, “Om no, TM is not a 'cult' like christian cults or the people's-temple may be; TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Jackson
Marshy's boys don't get anything from Yogi Tea so I don't care On Sat, 2/15/14, Richard J. Williams wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-14 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/14/2014 6:37 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > I shall begin an immediate campaign to have it removed from Whole > Goods so they don't support cults. > You should tell them to quit selling that Yogi Tea too!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Jackson
Thanks for posting this - I shall begin an immediate campaign to have it removed from Whole Goods so they don't support cults. On Fri, 2/14/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: Fairfiel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Jackson
Whole Foods that is. On Sat, 2/15/14, Michael Jackson wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink Vedic Coffee and Support Peace To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 12:37 AM