I have to quickly add that I completely agree with Alex. Em - you are right in a way - the shock akin to finding our mother is not the most beautiful woman or our father is not the most strongest, brave man in the world. But Bronte is just nuts, totally paranoid, obviously not clinical.
On Aug 15, 2012, at 9:00 AM, "seventhray1" <steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Yea, it surprised me to see Bronte have some affiliation with a Amma site, > because her background was with TM and then with Ramtha and Judith Knight as > I understood it. But I felt her primary agenda was to expose what she felt > were dangerous cults. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > > > The first paragraph was actually re: Marnie, a woman posting on the Ammachi > > Free Speech Zone site.  > > > > The second was in reference to the site Bronte moderates.  She gets a lot > > of flack for not allowing "all perspectives", but given that so many Amma > > devotees are subjected to what seems to be a "culture of fear and > > retribution" in that Org for expressing any opinion that is critical of > > Amma and the Org, I believe there is value in a site that is dedicated to > > attempting to give devotees a safe place to process initially and moving > > forward.  As they become more confident in reclaiming their identity and > > reality (for those that may have lost it), they may choose to post other > > places.  Or, they can jump into other places at the onset.  Hence the > > value in the Ammachi Free Speech Zone.   > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: seventhray1 steve.sundur@... > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:09 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hankering Humanitarian, Taking the World for a > > Ride > > > > > >  > > Are you talking about Bronte?  She was here, and did her thing.  I don't > > recall all the details.  Was about 2-1/2 years ago, IIRC.  But yea, she > > was pretty much full bore during that time. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: > > > > > > I was glad Rick pointed that out for *all* on that site to read.  > > > > > > > > > She's been doing a lot of processing - she has a lot to process, given > > > her background and experience with Amma and her realization that there is > > > a duality there (so to speak, in a non-judgmental way).  If she lurked > > > here for a little while, she'd pick up on it pretty quickly, no?  The > > > shock factor of FFL was, for me, quite intense for awhile.  I couldn't > > > actually believe that people were expressing themselves so freely, > > > without seeming fear of retribution.  > > > > > > Bronte's site is very clear on what it's purpose is.  She is trying to > > > create a safe space where participants don't have to worry about > > > "defending" their experience, which is often painful if they are > > > confronting within themselves the discrepancy between the reality of what > > > they are experiencing and their belief system around Amma.  A bit like > > > when children come to grips with the fact that their parents are not the > > > omniscient beings they thought they were.  Finding new footing can be > > > a rocky ride.  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:09 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hankering Humanitarian, Taking the World for > > > a Ride > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm not sure everyone on the Free Speech Zone fully understands > > > > what "free speech" is all about. > > > > > > Marnie almost flat out declared that she doesn't understand what free > > > speech is: > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ammachi_free_speech_zone/message/7268 > > > > > > It's funny to me that the Brontebots can't see that they are no less > > > zombified than the Ammabots... flip sides of the same coin. It's a sad > > > commentary that Rick had to point out the obvious: that free speech means > > > *any* perspective on Amma may be expressed on that group. > > > > > >
