Ahhhh, I do sooo need to get over myself and stop muttering. Point taken. Thank you as always.
________________________________ From: merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I was never in the TM movement. Join The Magic User's Club and Get Up Off a That Thing "Release the Pressure"/ and dance 'til you feel better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EWZDDy2CUM&feature=fvst --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Of course, anger is really grief, right? Unfathomable. > > Now, on with the day. The invention that is the lawnmower, is sitting for a > four-week wait at the repair shop. So I had to rent a lawnmower yesterday. > They go for $36 for 24 hours. And I am not talking about the kind you sit > in. So, having mowed the lawn, I have to return it quickly. And, then, it's > off to pick a countertop for the kitchen. Another busy day :) > > > ________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I was never in the TM movement. > > > > I mean, have you *ever* woken up and found that you are in a rage so deep and > wide and high, that it is unfathomable? No, not about some relationship or > another, I mean at the *seeming* core. But then, that's when you realize > that the *core* is not really the core. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I was never in the TM movement. > > Not to be misunderstood....kidding..... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4oKyO2YbRc&feature=related > > ________________________________ > From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:44 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I was never in the TM movement. > > TEN LITTLE MEDITATORS > > One little meditator > Found life good and true, > An old friend found him > And then there were two. > > Two little meditators > Content beneath a tree, > A tired man rested there > And then there were three. > > Three little meditators > Learning more and more, > A young scholar joined them > And then there were four. > > Four little meditators > Glad to be alive, > A sick man hobbled by > And then there were five. > > Five little meditators > Never in a fix, > A muddled man came along > And then there were six. > > Six little meditators > On the road to Heaven, > A wicked man followed them > And then there were seven. > > Seven little meditators > In a blissful state, > A lost boy asked the way > And then there were eight. > > Eight little meditators > Meditating in a line, > A dreamer stumbled over them > And then there were nine. > > Nine little meditators > Happy, peaceful men, > A worried man needed help > And then there were ten. > > Ten little meditators > Continue to increase, > And on they go across the world > Spreading happiness and peace. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: > > > > > > See, no regrets.  No one seems to have any real regrets, not even > > > Curtis....well....except perhaps Barry, but only when he's feeling an > > > angry opinion coming on.  > > > > > > > > > > Hey I'm pretty certain I saw Curtis today in the Dome. Lot of people are > > coming back. > > -Buck in FF Buck in FF?Buck in FF?Buck in FF?Buck in FF? > not Buck in the Dome? > at"All the Nature's" home > Forgot your flying foam? > or > Kicked out of TMO's Rome > again- again? > what a shame > > What a shame, what a shame, > To judge a life that you can't change > The choir sings, the Dome bells ring > And nobody won't give this man his wings? > > Is that's the man he was? > Haven't we heard enough? > > Haven't we both heard enough > This is what we're gonna do > Let me put my arms around you once more > There's nothing left here to prove > > Walk just back a little bit slower > Better don't hold on tight, > Will You ever learn to let it go > To "Break Through" to the other side > I keep wondering, wondering, wondering > When were you ever gonna let me know > That you just wanted something else in life > > What do you say when it's all over > What do you know when nothing's going right > The troubles in your mind > What do you do when you get lost inside your soul > Where do you go when all's gone > What do you say nothing at all > > It was so hard when I watched you falling down > But it was time for you to walk alone > Just know if you really need a friend > And you're feeling like you can't go on > > Just walk back just a little bit faster > Take my hand I will blow your fears away > We'll "Break Through" to the other side > For bitter or worse I know you better than anyone else > And I'll be by your side > > What do you say when it's all over > What do you do when it's all gone > What do you do when you get lost inside your soul > Where do we go when ALL's gone > What do you say nothing at all > > When it all becomes "Reality" > That this is where it ends for you and me > > What do you say when it's all over > What do you do when it's All gone > What do you do when you get lost inside your soul > Where do we go when home's gone > What do you say nothing at all > What do you say nothing at all > What do you say nothing at All > > The Moon chased by the colorful clouds > Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon > wÄ�n wÄ�n yuè ér yè jià n nóng > yuè guÄ�ng bà n qÄ«ng fÄ"ng > yuè sè gÄ"ng méng lóng > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JT5giyVMM > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDWIeUmwgqc&feature=related > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:17 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I was never in the TM movement. > > > > > > > > >  > > > Susan, > > > > > > Whew, thanks, that actually helped a lot. And that's surprises me > > > greatly. > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Edg, > > > > You really gave it all you had! I gather you moved to Ffld, did the > > > > MSAE, everything. Sorry to hear what happened and how it hurt you. > > > > I think you are describing what goes on in most groups, especially > > > > religious or spiritual, but also corporate, social. Some groups are > > > > more discrete and attempt to be more fair, but newbie groups don't do > > > > that, and we were all so striving and young and without older people to > > > > set the right tone. > > > > > > > > Money does buy an in and buys attention and perks and fawning. I get > > > >it, but your point is also that as a hard-working underpaid, devoted > > > >teacher of TM who put their worldly ambitions on hold to convey this > > > >wonderful knowledge - you were not appreciated. People like you should > > > >have been given buckets of gratitude and some perks, if not more > > > >compensation. It seemed to mean more to the insiders if a person was > > > >rich and barely doing TM than if they had devoted themselves to this > > > >endeavor as you did. Galling since you taught over 2,000 people TM!! I > > > >know many people felt that initiators were not treated as the devoted > > > >souls they were - at least during the late 70's and 80's. There > > > >was super hierarchical feel in some groups. (I also have good memories > > > >of higher ups in the TMO being very respectful of anyone (even without > > > >money) who taught TM. Keith WAllace comes to mind, and Jerry too.. > > > > > > > > I sensed things changed a while ago, and especially in the last few > > > > years. Money will always separate people in many ways but maybe things > > > > are different now. I do not know. > > > > You did great things, all those pujas, And seeing the peace on the > > > >faces of some of the people who learned TM from you. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > > > > > Because, from the start, the hierarchical structure was so obvious. > > > > > > > > > > > > I wasn't an initiator for starters, so right there, I knew I wasn't > > > > > > an insider. > > > > > > > > > > > > Then when I got to be an initiator, by then, I knew that Jerry > > > > > > Jarvis et alia were in a whole 'nother class of folks -- they had > > > > > > access. > > > > > > > > > > > > And also, I saw a parade of rich folks getting access -- there's > > > > > > one incident that still burns in my mind: a rich person came to > > > > > > our Majorca course and sat next to Maharishi and held his hand > > > > > > while being interviewed. HELD HIS HAND! Up to that time, I'd only > > > > > > heard that Maharishi had done that ONCE while walking with Tat Wala > > > > > > Baba. Yet a rich guy had not even been informed (warned) about > > > > > > movement protocols such that he showed such outrageous familiarity. > > > > > > > > > > > > And then there was the course office goons who made it their thing > > > > > > to put everyone in their place. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nah, I never was "important" to the movement even after 2,000 > > > > > > people taught.....my reward: they took away my five thousand > > > > > > dollars worth of earned credits towards ATR and advanced > > > > > > techniques. > > > > > > > > > > Poor Edg really got the shaft, well....your reward will be in heaven! > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > > > PS I can relate... > > > > > > > > > > > And then after moving to Fairfield, MSAE turns out to be run by the > > > > > > rich parents. > > > > > > > > > > > > And then the raja thingie pretty much topped it all off. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: even Jerry was kicked out of the movement. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope. Not a one of us was ever really in a movement at all -- not > > > > > > when the movement always saw one as expendable. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yet I tried to belong for 29 years. I never once got to do > > > > > > anything but look up the noses looking down at me. > > > > > > > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
