--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of geezerfreak > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 11:01 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth > > Sister Raunch....can I ask you something? Do you think that there is a > possibility that your faith in Maharishi and in the "rightness" of his > movement, might be a mistake? In other words, can you consider the > possibility (just the possibility) that what you believe with all of your > heart, about Maharishi and his movement, could be completely wrong? > > Is it possible? > > As I've already stated, when I made the decision to leave the TMO, I did so > knowing that I could be completely wrong, that I may have made the biggest > mistake of my life. Now...in the nearly 30 years that have followed, > everything I experience tells me otherwise. > > But to this day, I really don't know! I like going with my instincts, I > really do. I like knowing that I could be wrong. I like the not knowing! > > Sorry for the diversion and back to my question to you. Is it possible? > Geez, why does your decision have to have been completely right or > completely wrong? The Movement always has been a mixed bag, as have we. Both > it and we have good and bad qualities. You have a great career which you > wouldn't have had if you had remained full time in the movement. Most people > who remained full time have little to show for it, either in terms of any > great spiritual advantage, and certainly not materially. One scenario might > have been to have distanced yourself, but occasionally attended courses, but > you could probably do that now. >
Well said, Rick. L.
