Whoa. Why? But 'why'? Three things at least, 1. I live here and this is in my neighborhood, it effects me. 2. I'd like to see them succeed for large and small reasons. And 3. How they behave affects a lot of my friends here. It is about that simple. -Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > And that's the reason you were admitted. They may want to punish you, > > > >with the programs you already learned, but didn't sign you off as a > > > >potential customer. > > > > > > > It is true, there is an ambient aspect of fear there over 'place'. As I > > interview people folks do speak to that bad feeling of fear in the dome as > > a thing that gets pointed to as a reason by people who don't like > > meditating in the domes who are not going to the domes. It is a feeling. > > Yes! Quite honest, - I am out of TM since a long time -, I wouldn't want to > meditate there either. In my case it wouldn't be the fear, - I don't belong > there any more -, it is more the restricted, 'cultic' mindset which I > despise. The same would be true for meditating with any TMer today - of > course it depends on the person and the situation. But, if some TM people > would invite me to group meditation, thinking I am still one of them, I would > definitely feel uneasy about it. If it would be anonymous, lets say in a > train, it would be okay. > > > > That there is an ambient fear in the place because of the essential culture > > of the movement administration for so long. > > Yes, and it is also in the heads of the people there. They are proud to be > TMers. They feel special about it. In addition, as you describe, there is an > alienation of many people with the movement. Quite honestly, with all your > desires for group program that I can surely understand, I don't see how you > fit in there any more. You are already too much of a free spirit, just like > myself, and many here. It would be hard to hang out with dogmatic types. > > >The way people describe it, fear is like a marination in the meditation. > >That is sad and evidently an old problem as the dome numbers with the > >community show. > > > > That culture has been established there, it is ultimately Maharishi who > defended it - the fear, citing the Upanishads. So, with people like Bevan on > the top, how will this change? I can understand, that people, who have never > been exposed to the internal workings of the movement, like Ophra, don't > perceive it, and are enthusiastic about it, but if she would be in the > movement longer, without special treatment, she would perceive it as well. >
