--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Fischer" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was in R.I. for the Ideal Society campaign. It was a > manageable > > > size town and we were talking to the guys on the City council. > > > Most were fairly positive but non > > > commital. At a meeting of the entire council, they were saying > it > > > all sounded like a good thing, but no action was being taken. > > > Finally my wife (now ex) said " I hear everyone saying it sounds > > > good but no one is willing to try it (TM)." So she points at the > > > most positive guy and says "Will you try it if (points to another > > > positive guy) if he'll do it too?" Well, it was brilliant. It > > > worked. They all agreed to start. > > > > > > However, they all had to go to prep lecture at the center. The > > > hopping sequence was running all down one side and around to > > > another. The lecture went on for awhile and one of them just > > > started looking at the poster hopping sequence. Finally, he > > > says (loudly) "What is THAT?" The lecture stopped, they all > > > freaked and that was that. It was such a good opportunity lost. > > > > Yup. Saw the same phenomenon a few times myself during > > that era. I think that people within the movement are > > such suckers for anything flashy that they think every- > > one else is, too. But the reality is that most people > > want their "miracles" safely locked away in books where > > they don't have to deal with them. Not only is the idea > > of TMers being able truly levitate (if it had been true) > > not a turn-on to such people, it's such a turn-off that > > I've seen people literally run out of the room. > > > > And that was the point, according to MMY.
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