Berkeley, CA, ,Mar 27, 2011 By Jim Archer
Senior Correspondent San Francisco Chronicle Dr. Ravi Yogi, Psy. D, UC Berkeley, the leading crusader of TM's critic's angry, miserable, bitter and sorry lives of TM critics called for a press conference to highlight the plight of TM Critics. He released the details of a typical day of a TM Critic. (Reproduced at the end of the article below is a heart breaking portrayal of a typical day in the life of Barry Wright, one of the worst affected among TM Critics). "We need to recognize the evils of TMO that has reduced the quality of life of TM Critics, their sorry lives revolve around TMO day in and day out, this is just entirely unacceptable" - said Dr. Ravi Yogi. He said he had named this disorder as PTMOSD (Post- Transcendental Meditation Stress Disorder) after the famous PTSD. "The study of TM Critics has shown that PTMOSD is as devastating and debilitating as PTSD, vast sections of the TMO population is being wiped out because of this terrible scourge" - stated Dr. Ravi Yogi. "Barry Wright is a perfect case of PTMOSD, this guy moves to Holland, but he still can't control his paranoid delusional thoughts on TMO, when will this madness end?" - demanded Dr. Ravi Yogi. He demanded and a submitted a letter to Robert Roth and asked to divert the Japanese Earthquake Yagya funds to compensate the deprived sections of the PTMOSD. A Typical day of a TM Critic. Dr. Ravi Yogi Psy. D, U.C. Berkeley 09:00 AM Barry takes the dogs on a walk to the parkpicturesque lake, he notices dry leaves falling to the grounds remembersa conversation on economic psychology, reminds him of how empty he felt ashe withered away his connections to him of TMO when he was notacknowledged for his specialness economic psychology and spends rest oftime coming up with beautiful ideas for his post on FFL mocking and ridiculingTB's for their connections to TMO. 11:00 AM The dogs are tired of Barry's bullshit -they are not ready for a third walk to stimulate his paranoia. Barry,determined to make yet another convincing post denunciating TMO & MMY onFFL, dumps the dogs and heads to the nearest Internet cafe and reads an articleon Scientology Mormons.His imagination runs wild as he weaveshis magic comparing ScientologyMormons and TM0/MMY. 02:00 PM The dogs are now pure pissed, they block thedoor and prevent Barry from leaving. Undeterred Barry fires up his laptop,reads an article on Facebook evils Dalai Lama'swebsite which really gets all his mental cylinders firing as he comes upwith a plan to compare online addiction to TB'saddiction with TMO/MMYthe simplicity of Dalai Lama's website to TMO'segoistic website 08:00 PM The dogs and Barry are both tired and don't have any energy toplay any games. Barry reads an email where Judy patiently and methodically isripping apart his bizarre fantasies. He furiously types away his final emailaccusing everyone of shutting him up and indulging in "get Barry"fests and "get Barry orgies", he declares himself to be a heretic andthat he can't be shut up. After he hits the send button, his face falls flat on the keyboard and he dozes off in exhaustion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Walking this morning along a picturesque lake in Holland, > I found myself remembering similar walks along a similar > lake in Pound Ridge, NY. I lived on this lake for a couple > of years, in the guest house of a $million+ house. There > were, in fact, only five such houses around the lake, all > of them worth well over a million bucks each. > > What I found myself remembering was walking along that > lake with one of my neighbors, a multi-millionaire. One > day I asked -- possibly insensitively, as is my wont -- > how he *made* these millions of dollars. He laughed, > not the least bit offended, and then said, "Economic > psychology." > > Then he explained. He had made most of his money in the > stock market. But he had never made a penny by investing > in stocks, expecting them to go up in price. Instead, he > had noticed that he had a kind of "disasterdar" or, as > he put it "a brain that had a kind of built-in chaos > theory math engine" that allowed him to see when a stock > was about to undergo a drastic downturn, with its stock > price dropping drastically. He made his money by "short > selling" these stocks. > > Naturally, being...uh...not rich myself, I asked him how > he figured this out. He said that it was simple: "I make > my money from investors' egos, and the reluctance of > those egos to admit they've made a mistake. Something > happens and is reported in the papers about a certain > stock, and that something seems likely to undermine the > investors' confidence in that stock. But then a funny > thing happens. They don't sell immediately, the way you'd > expect. Instead, they *hold on* to their stock, hoping > that it will go up or remain at the same price instead > of tanking. What I'm good at is figuring out how *long* > it will take these investors to realize that their > investment is a bad one and sell it off." > > I really liked this, because it provides an interesting > metaphor for examining the same phenomenon in spiritual > groups, and people's ego-investment in a particular > teacher or organization. Something hits the papers (or > the Internet or movie theaters) that most people would > think would undermine the confidence that these people > have "invested" in that teacher, or that organization, > and bystanders who *haven't* invested in them to that > degree would expect them to start to bail out, to > distance themselves from something that appears to be > on a slippery slide in a downwards direction. > > But interestingly that doesn't happen, and I think it's > because of the same thing my neighbor made his millions > noticing -- their *egos* are totally involved in never > admitting that they could possibly have been wrong, or > have made a bad choice, or that things they thought were > somehow eternal and unshakable were, in fact, starting > to shake their foundations. These egos simply cannot > *admit* that the teacher or organization they believed > in and invested in for so long could possibly "take a > market downturn" and go bust. So they cling to their > fantasies for as long as possible, refusing to notice > what most others around them noticed long ago. > > Take the TMO. Analyze it economically. Its main product > is by most economic standards now unsellable. The TMO > no longer announces figures for "the number of people > starting TM each month," and we all know why. That figure > would be in the low two-figure range, if that. They *can't* > sell TM to individual people any more. The only way that > they *can* sell it is by using the DLF to persuade other > people to pay for it for "disadvantaged" people, as a > kind of charity gesture. They market what TM can do for > "kids at risk," or veterans suffering from PTSD, or > some other heart-tugger "at risk" group. And, other > than selling off distress properties they own, these > "charity gestures" are essentially their *only* income. > A Wall Street banker or trader, looking at this economic > model, would not expect such an organization or company > to last more than a couple of years. > > But the TBs don't see this. They see the TMO lasting for > as close to eternity as they can imagine. They literally > *can't let go* of their investment in it. > > And many of them *know* intuitively that this is stupid. > That, in my opinion, is why so many of these TBs trying > to cling to the TMO are so ANGRY. On some level, they > are *aware* that their continued support of and defense > of an organization that is clearly on its way out is... > uh...embarrassing. It makes them look like fools. But > they continue *to* look like fools because that is > better in their minds than admitting to *themselves* > that they really were fools. > > Spokesliars like Bobby Roth continue to cheerlead for > the dying org, trying to come across as "authoritative" > because of their age, hoping that will get doubters or > critics to STFU. And they expect this and hope this > because that's what THEY did when an aging "authority" > gave THEM glib pat answers and expected THEM to STFU. > They were good little devotees, and STFU. As Curtis > pointed out so hilariously, does anyone here believe > that the MUM students Bobby was trying to be "author- > itative" with really considered him an authority? > Does anyone think that his attempts to assuage their > doubts and get them to STFU really *worked*? I don't. > > "Economic psychology" predicts all of this. And the > sad part is that when the last groups of TBs finally > realize that their investment was a bad one and bail > out, many of them are going to be very, very ANGRY > as they go. They're going to think that they're > ANGRY at the "Rajas," or at Bevan, or at Maharishi > talking up celibacy but walking up chasing tail, but > they're really going to be ANGRY at *themselves*, > for not being able to react to a "confidence down- > turn" sooner. > > I'm not like my neighbor in Pound Ridge; I can't > predict when this is going to happen, only that it's > going to happen. Which is a pity in a way, because > if the TMO's stock were traded publicly, there is a > shitload of money to be made in short-selling it. >
