Jason, it's my experience that in every organization there are at least a few good people. Michael, I had a similar interview to yours. I am so sorry you were given such a hard time. I admire how you handled the situation.
________________________________ From: Jason <jedi_sp...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday You know, all these cults and religions have his 'shit herd' mentality. I am thankfull that I never lived inside any cult or org. Being on the outside gave me a 'ringside view' of a spectrum of these things. I talk to a lot of people who are in cults and get an idea of what is happening inside. You are better off alone. All these orgs and cults are inhabited by such bureaucratic, pedantic, dicactic, dogmatic, zombie bots. --- 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 Director's office (Bill Sands) and he gave me a serious > talk and threatened me with dismissal if I didn't start toeing the line. > > I told him about the allergy and he said it didn't 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 didn't 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 didn't 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@...> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:52 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday > > > 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 >
