I agree the way TMO handled people having breakdowns and who killed themselves was appalling - little compassion and even less professionalism - but BECAUSE wanting to keep scandals out of view. But I remember how odd it was that MMY, when first in San Francisco, was unaware or unaffected by the suicide that took place whilst he was a guest in the family that housed him, as a guest. Doesn't show much "sensitivity" or psychological insight.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I knew it was bad wording, but it was late, and I just had no > > idea how else to describe my feeling better. By many suicide is > > seen as a sin, or some kind bad karmic action. I just wanted to > > express that we, the people I knew didn't have these feelings > > about him. > > Well explained. Thanks. I really didn't mean to > be blasting you personally; it's just that the > whole situation is so unbelievably *sad*, and for > me has such sad implications for the mindset of > the organization in which it happened, that I > was somewhat shocked by the almost normal, every- > day manner in which you described the situation. > I realize now that it was simply an issue of > language. I'd probably unwittingly do the same > thing if I tried to express myself in my as-yet- > far-from-perfect French. > > I *know* that it wasn't your intention. It just > pushed some of the same buttons in me that got > pushed when I worked at National and would hear > people talking about the latest person who'd > committed suicide while on a TM course. The > concern was always how to downplay the story > and make it go away. The very possibility that > these suicides (and there were quite a few more > of them than you might imagine) might have some- > thing to do with "the program" itself was never > addressed. That was simply unthinkable. "TM is > 100% life-supporting." There couldn't possibly > BE a connection. > > For me, as I suggested in a followup post, the > issue is about myth. The myth of the "ideal > society" brought about by TM was for these people > far more important than the reality of the every- > day society of TMers they lived in. If there was > a conflict between the myth and the reality, it > was always assumed that something was wrong with > one's perception of the reality, because the > myth couldn't possibly be wrong. > > Weird, now that I look back on it. But at the > time, I occasionally felt the same way, so I can > try to be compassionate when dealing with others > who still think this way, because I thought that > way once, too. > > The shadows one encounters on a pathway to light, > eh man? > > Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
