--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:25 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > Oprah spent 7 hours in Fairfield, apparently. Landed at > > Fairfield airport at ll and stayed until 6. Visited the > > Maharishi School as well as the Dome. > > > > Poor Turq reminds me of the way the right-wing attacks > > Obama. "He's a socialist! He's a Muslim! He hates America! > > He's an illegal immigrant! Why can't you all see that?" > > Of course, sensible people make their own judgments and > > see that such attacks are all nonsense, which is why Obama's > > personal popularity remains reasonably high. Same with TM. > > Those who are not infected with hatred and malice are capable > > of making fair judgments about what it has to offer. > > And of course your attempt to dodge a perfectly > logical question doesn't reflect "hatred and malice" > or, for that matter, condescension, right? In > case you forgot, here it is again: > > "Why wasn't she denied a dome pass for "seeing other > teachers" such as Eckhart Tolle? You would be, after > all." > > Dodge all you want, of course. But it leaves you > with zero credibility. Not that you exactly had much > before.
Might I remind everyone of a Subject line I wrote recently, "You don't believe what we believe, therefore you hate it...and us." All cultists are the same. If they've been indcoc- trinated to believe in the "all positive" nature of their cult or its teacher or its teachings, there is a tendency to react to any criticism of them by 1) lashing out at the critics, 2) calling them liars, 3) and accusing them of the same hatred that they themselves are *demonstrating*. As Sal points out, all I did in my first post is ask a viable question. Why *wasn't* Oprah Winfrey denied a dome pass, when feste and Nabby and shukra all would have been denied a pass if they admitted to "seeing" the same teachers that Oprah has? My bet is that none of the TBs will address this question. My second post was merely questioning why (if it turns out to be true) Oprah's staff haven't been doing their job by properly "vetting" any potentially controversial subject before allowing her to go all Oprah on it on her show? Seems to me she'd want to know about all of this stuff. What they're objecting to IS her knowing about it. They would prefer that Oprah only heard the "good stuff," the positive stuff that is the veneer of the TMO, and never get to see below the surface. My suggestion is that this is no longer likely to happen, the way it did back during the Merv days. The Internet has changed everything in terms of freedom of information. If nothing else, anyone who Googles "Oprah" and "TM" will find these threads on Fairfield Life. They'll pop right to the top. Interestingly, I would have *no objection* to TM becoming popular again and being taught widely, with a number of caveats. First, it should be taught for what it's worth -- maximum $75.00 US. Second, it should be taught "standalone," as a simple technique of meditation, and not as a "gateway drug" to the TMO's other, far more expensive courses. Third, that other than providing free checking, there is no attempt by the TMO to "upsell" new meditators and get them to learn the sidhis or move to Fairfield and become part of the dome scene. But that's never going to happen. TM *is* being marketed as the gateway drug to a cult. Its leaders won't be happy until everyone who signed up for a simple technique "practiced 20 minutes morning and evening" has completely changed their lives to revolve around spending several hours a day "in the domes." And Oprah Winfrey should know that before she backs the simple 20/20 technique on her show. There is not a chance on earth that the TMO will *not* attempt to suck new meditators into the larger organization, and try to indoctrinate them the way its now-aging membership has been indoctrinated for decades. The public should be aware of this "upselling" *before* they start TM. What the TBs who are trying to demonize me for saying this are afraid of is that the public WILL become aware of this. The TBs would prefer that they hear only the PR version of TM. And they'll lash out like the cultists they are at anyone who suggests that the public has a right to know more. They'd rather keep them in the dark. Not gonna happen. The world has changed since the Merv days.
