--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LOL again. And my inner editor suspects you meant "steeped" > > rather than "seeped"... :-) > > Maybe it's negativity seeping in from association with > the rest of us neganauts. :-) > > > Unfortunately, experience leads me to conclude that, in most > > cases, a TMO devotee's "negativity" is the universe's "reality". It > > continues to astonish me that most TMO devotees are apparently > > completely incapable of seeing that literally NOTHING of the TMO's > > grandiose plans or promises has ever happened, or that there is a > > vanishingly small likelihood that any of them ever will happen (IMO). > > > > There have been very brief moments when I have envied this > > ability to completely deny reality, as I acknowledge that occasionally > > it feels as though it would be easier to feel that someone or > > someting else is taking care of everything. > > It is pretty astounding, isn't it? Some of it, I'm convinced, > is just inertia -- a mind at rest (having decided that one > person is the "authority" in one's life) tends to stay at rest, > and resists doubting that authority (or any kind of change, > for that matter). On the other hand, a life of pure faith (with > no objective "payoff" for that faith) can be a viable path, > as long as one has sufficient funds to keep paying the > bills so that the fantasy continues. The obvious threat > coming from the movement right now (what with the > "recertification" thang and the fatwa on England and > stuff like that) is that if you *don't* have the faith to buy > into anything that's said as if it's absolute truth, you'll be > expelled from the movement and the fantasy channel > will be switched off. > > > But most of the time I am very thankful that I have concluded I am > > solely responsible for my own decisions, experiences and evolution. > > Without that responsibility, I can't imagine I would deserve the > > freedom that comes with it to really experience life at its fullest. > > Well said. While there is something to be said for a life > in which one surrenders one's critical faculties to an > "authority," IMO there is a great deal more to be said for > a life in which one is comfortable being one's own > authority. Or with knowing that there is no such thing > as an authority.
...and I would add to this last paragraph of Tantra's that that is the path of the TM Program. What goes on with the TMO is NOT the TM Program... > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Its a shame we are both so seeped in negativity. :) 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/
