--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Still tripping on the value of tantra in one's life, I thought > > > I'd pose a question to the august members of Fairfield Life. > > > What's the most off-the-wall, nonsensical, irrational thing > > > you've ever done that -- despite all logic -- enabled you to > > > make what you consider a major breakthrough in your spiritual > > > progress? > > > > Same as you: quit my job at an ad agency and set myself up > > doing freelance editorial work, about a year after I'd > > started TM. Even more "irrational," though, because the > > only editorial-type experience I'd had was more or less > > incidental to the administrative jobs I'd held. I hadn't > > even thought of it as editing until the copy chief at the > > ad agency told me I'd done a great job editing a brochure > > for the agency's biggest client. That made a lightbulb go > > off in my head. > > > > I'd been increasingly unhappy with the 9-to-5 routine. > > Being able to work on my own schedule in my own home and > > not having to join the commuting herd to go work on > > somebody else's turf every day was incredibly liberating. > > I have to credit TM with strengthening my autonomy and > > ability to be self-sufficient. > > > > Somewhat less irrational but still boundary-breaking for > > me was moving out of NYC in 2002 to the Jersey shore > > after having lived in the city since I was four, more > > than half a century. That has also been liberating. > > Living within sight of, and a five-minute walk from, the > > Atlantic Ocean gives me a sense of access to the > > infinite, of no longer being confined on all sides. > > Authfriend is precisely the type of person who could > be paid by the TM movement for her story to support TM.
Only if she'd be willing to accept payment, which she most definitely would not be. > Real people, real stories. > Where is Robert Roth when one needs him? ^^^^Look read^^^ > this Authfriend story is a good one. Appreciate the compliment, but I'm hardly a good example of an on-the-program TMer.
