--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Welcome back khazana108.
Thanks again. >I mentioned your other name because it was in the photo you included, so I >figured you were communicating who you were in your most recent FFL internet >incarnation, to aid in creating continuity or understanding.  > Right, that was my intention ;-) > ________________________________ > From: khazana108 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:03 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, I'm back > > >  > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > New name? > > Yes. > > > Welcome back "Iranitea". à > > > > Thanks Emily. > > I started adopting different screen names, as a tool to have a greater sense > of anonymity. People started to know about me and my associations, as I had > myself told them so. In one way, I wanted to be able to post things without > people making a certain connection - I wanted to be completely free in what I > post. > > The other reason is, as you may know that one is easily put into a box here, > you belong either to this or that camp, that used to be pro- or anti-TM, now > I guess the issue has become even more complicated. I more or less ended up > in the pro-TM camp the first years I posted in TM related forums. Never mind, > I wanted to be neutral, not anti- not completely pro either. > > There was also the issue, of getting rid of a certain unwelcome 'embrace' of > the pro camp. At a certain point, Emily, there was an 'embrace' by one of the > posters I was friendly with for years, a tendentiousness which, as I felt was > imposed on me, which I completely rejected, with the resultant break-up. That > put me automatically in the opposite camp. I felt I had to free myself from > the embrace of the anaconda. > > When I felt it was impossible to get rid of the labeling, I changed my IDs. > Anyway, through travelings, getting more frequent, I had long breaks. > > But there were always people who would recognize me, through my style, my > imperfect English, through sometimes missing keys (w and l) or whatever, or > through my opinions. > > Probably we all work through our past here, TM, and the TM movement happened > for me in a long ago past, but these were formative years, which influenced > our thinking, definitely our way of life (still being completely vegetarian, > still meditating regularly every day, not with the TM mantra though), our > believes. I was quite surprised, being now near Auroville, I met a young guy > on the beach (just one afternoon at the beach Emily), I didn't know where to > put my things, there were no lockets, and I wanted to swim in the ocean. So I > approached some white people, asking if I can put my things there. Some > French and an Italian living in Morocco. > > A little later on the street we met up again, and the guy asked what I was > doing spiritually, who my master was. I explained to him. We talked on a > little, he was a Sufi he said. Somehow the word, just the letters TM fell, > and he immediately said, that he could see this, I still have it all in me, > whatever I gained there. Now, I don't do TM since 23 years! Longer than I did > it. I wasn't sure if I should be proud or be shocked!  > > I just today, incidentally, I saw an email exchange with one of the posters > here in my mailbox, very touching, or exchanges I had here with for example > 'new.morning', all very nice people, but it had to do with the associations, > I don't like to be generally known or be in search engines. > > In India, I was working with an elderly guy, very nice man, who was on the > same 6 month course as Robin, and knew him distantly. I asked him where the > courses were, and he said Park Hotel Weggis, and Biarritz in France. He also > lived in FF is common to other friends I have from there. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: khazana108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:37 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Hi, I'm back > > > > > > à > > >
