--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote: > > > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > They'll say ANYTHING rather than admit what > > > MOST of them know to be the truth, that OF > > > COURSE all of the TM dogma is based on Hindu > > > dogma. They'll lie, they'll deny, they'll come > > > with up excuses, they'll obfuscate, they'll > > > attempt to distract, they'll do ANYTHING > > > rather than violate this First Commandment. > > > > My personal fave, (paraphrased): > > "We don't have to tell the kids what the > > underpinnings are, if people like John > > Knapp would just keep their mouths shut." > > > > Now there's a raving endorsement for the > > integrity of the teaching. > > > > > And personally I'm getting a little tired of it. > > > > Not me, I still find it endlessly entertaining. > > Kinda tells you where the person who frequently says > > "I *never* lie." > > sets the bar on her personal honesty. > > Even do.rflex, who had his nose up her butt > so long he developed ring around the collar, has > acknowledged how completely dishonest this > position is regarding the non-religiousity of teaching > TM in schools. > > I've wondered for some time if the vehement > argument she makes was based on delusion or > dishonesty. It is probably both.
In all compassion -- really -- I think that Judy's stance is as old as the "con game" and as understandable. It's how the "con game" WORKS, and why it's *always* worked. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONNED DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT, TO THEMSELVES, OR TO ANYONE ELSE. The more self-importance the conned person has, the more vehemently they resist admit- ting that they have been conned. They will become "apologists" for the con men, will "defend" them the way that people *who were conned by Je-Ru* defended him, and will go to their graves doing so, because their sense of self-importance is stronger than their sense of integrity and honesty. For such people, it is better to be thought a fool than to admit to having been one. Judy MUST know how ridiculous her stance in all of this makes her look. But she continues that stance nonetheless. I think that my explanation is the only one that "fits" her behavior. Have you EVER known Judy Stein to admit to having been WRONG, except to a tiny fact or typo? I haven't, either. None of us have. Do you think that a person with that level of self-importance is going to admit to having been WRONG about the very nature of the practice she has been doing every day for 30+ years? Not gonna happen...
