--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, one would hope if you were interested in meditating with the large group
> that they would issue you a badge. That in itself is still a problem to
> surmount just coming in. I spoke with someone yesterday in line waiting for
> coffee, an old meditator here who just re-applied and still waiting to get a
> Dome badge and was appalled at the dossier that was compiled and questioning
> by the course office of private information they had gathered about concerts
> gone to and saints visited. Was really creep-ed out by the interview.
> However the air quality in the Domes is a lot better than before. They have
> been working at that. I am told tha smaller rooms around like out in
> Maharishi Vedic City have real nice air quality. I do notice the formaldehyde
> taint is not as great in some places around the dome depending on the flow of
> fresh air mix by the air handling system. Overall it is noticeably better.
>
The TMO collects information on you? Why do you want to even
be in the dome if this is the sort of treatment you get in
a so called "coherent" atmosphere. Don't you think it's gone
wrong, the AofE course office shouldn't be like the east German
Stazi should it? Maybe you want to amend your unified field
poems a bit.....
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances. I quit going
> > to the Dome when I was on staff due to a really serious allergy to
> > formaldehyde, which in those days at least was a major component in making
> > foam.
> > The longer I was in the Dome, the worse I felt.
> >
> >
> > So I stopped
> > going. I did program by myself in my pod room and felt great both in and
> > out of
> > program. As twice a day in the Dome was part of the staff program, I was
> > called
> > in to the Personnel Directorâs office (Bill Sands) and he gave me a
> > serious
> > talk and threatened me with dismissal if I didnât start toeing the line.
> >
> > I told him about the allergy and he said it didnât matter,
> > rules were rules. I showed him the letter I had from my allergy doctor
> > (Allen
> > Lieberman in Charleston SC) saying that I had to avoid formaldehyde
> > exposure. Bill
> > said it still didnât matter. Rules were rules. No exceptions.
> >
> > So I returned to the Dome and after a couple days started
> > feeling like crap again. So I thought about things and decided to write a
> > letter to then TM Sidhi Administrator Greg Wilson and told him my story and
> > sent him a copy of the letter from my allergy doctor.
> > A
> > nd a couple weeks later to my surprise he wrote me a letter
> > back giving me permission to do program in my room, tho he suggested that I
> > might consider serving MIU in some other capacity since Dome attendance was
> > part of staff program. So I quit going to the Dome again.
> >
> > A couple weeks went by and I was called into Bill Sands office
> > again, with my letters in my pocket. After he gave me hell and pretty much
> > told
> > me my time at MIU was over, I told him I had permission from Greg Wilson and
> > showed him my letter, or rather a copy of it, I wisely had the original in
> > my
> > room.
> >
> > Bill was completely discombobulated and hemmed and hawed and
> > puffed and blustered but had to back down, but he didnât like it. So I
> > went
> > back to doing program in my room and had great experiences and was much more
> > effective in activity for about eight months until Bill found a way to get
> > rid
> > of me.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:52 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday
> >
> >
> > Â
> > This being Compassionate Posting Wednesday on FFL where ne'er a negative
> > word is written, I am not going to go on at all about just how stoopid and
> > undeserving it is that meditators who even live in Fairfield do not come to
> > the group meditation. No, I'll save that for tomorrow and then may be also
> > consider the fallen away and outright meditation quitters out in the world
> > too; all those who have fell off the meditation wagon and even walked away
> > entirely. I am excercising a lot of compassion for them all right now
> > today,
> > -Buck in the Dome
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > > From: DailyGood.org <clubs@>
> > > To: sharelong60@
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:15 AM
> > > Subject: The Science of Compassion
> > >
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> > > Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What
> > > appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things
> > > no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are
> > > going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
> > >
> > > - Miller Williams -
> > > The Science of Compassion
> > > "As human beings, we will inevitably encounter suffering at some point in
> > > our lives. However, we also have evolved very specific social mechanisms
> > > to relieve that pain: altruism and compassion. It is not just receiving
> > > compassion that relieves our pain...The act of experiencing compassion
> > > and helping others actually leads to tremendous mental and physical
> > > well-being for us as well. It is our ability to stand together as a
> > > group, to support each other, to help each other, to communicate for
> > > mutual understanding, and to cooperate, that has taken our species this
> > > far." Dr. James R. Doty, the Director of the Center for Compassion and
> > > Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, describes the
> > > scientific underpinnings of compassion in this piece. { read more }
> > > Be The Change
> > > As Dr. Doty writes, "Compassion is the recognition of another's suffering
> > > and a desire to alleviate that suffering." Recognize somebody's sadness,
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