--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > Turq, good response. Good eye. > > Not because I'm smart or anything, merely because > I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt. One > of the most pervasive memes in spirituality is > "What happens within the cult stays in the cult." > The worst sin a seeker can commit is to "go public" > about things he might think are "off" about the > teacher or the technique or the tradition.
Yeah, that kind of thing *never* happens in business or government or the military or other organizations or even in families, only in cults. I mean, you'd never, ever think the impulse to "keep it in the family" was a part of human nature. Except in cults, whistleblowers are absolutely free to speak their minds without fear of retribution or censure. If that weren't the case, we'd actually need laws to protect whistleblowers. Oh, wait... It's > placed on an equal level of "deadly sin" by such > organizations as killing your spiritual teacher. > > And it's manipulative bullshit. > > The purpose of this meme is to keep shit hidden: > "Keep it out of the public eye so we can keep > doing it." > > So don't. Go public.
