--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course. It just seems incredibly > self-destructive for MMY to not only > > have a secret love affair with a worshiper and > then spend his time > > bashing all the other worshipers. Maybe he was > supposed to be > > building her up by implying that she wasn't one of > those silly people? > > I think that if you look into the whole subject of > teacher-student > sex in a spiritual community, you'll find that this > behavior is > actually pretty common. It seems to be part of the > syndrome. > In almost every instance of it I've heard about or > read about, > the pattern is the same. > > I don't really understand it any more than anyone > else, but > I know that it happened with Rama, I know that it > happened > with Trungpa and with his senior teachers, I know > that it > happened with the Zen Center scandals in San > Francsico. > > Go figure. Maybe the teachers think that they're > bonding > somehow with the student they're fucking by > convincing > them that they're somehow "special," compared to the > other students. Maybe it really *is* self > destructive. I > don't know. > > I'm not putting you on about this. It's just the > strangest > phenomenon in the world, but it happens. And far > more > often than you might think, One thing I know for sure....and that is that MMY did not have sex with me. Period. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
