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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote:
>
> By that time I didn't feel I was being mis-used - it was just part of the
> junk one had to put up with if one had no money (which makes you a darling of
> the Movement) and wants to stay and be part of the MIU experience.
>
> I actually liked Bill although he was a bit aloof but I reckon he learned
> that from TM higher ups. When I did get ticked off was at the end of school
> year 1987 when he and my direct supervisor Brad O'nash called me in for the
> normal staff interview to see if I would be staying, talked about the extreme
> importance of the upcoming banquet for the DAC (Development Advisory Council)
> and asked me if they could count on me as the head of the bakery to do all
> the extra work making desserts for the banquets and I said yes of course I am
> not going anywhere.
>
> Then as soon as I had promised to do my best Bill told me I had to leave MIU
> immediately after the banquet weekend was over because I wasn't participating
> in group program. When I reminded him that I had Greg Wilson's written
> permission to do program in my room, Bill who had obviously prepared said
> "That is the Capitol (of the Age of Enlightenment) they don't tell us what to
> do over here at MIU. So you are going to have to leave after the last day of
> the DAC weekend.
>
> This was only about 2 weeks away, mind you. When I asked how long I had
> between the end of the banquet and leaving MIU, Bill said "5 oclock."
>
> "What?" says I.
>
> Bills says "The last meal of the banquet is noon, we want you out by 5 oclock
> that afternoon."
>
> Then I did get mad and told them that if that was the deal, I would pack up
> and leave right then and they could come make the breads and desserts for the
> DAC deal. Neither of them was willing to do anything so extreme and after
> they took me to task for going back on my agreement to do all I could with
> the banquet (which I countered with what the hell do you think you are doing
> to me?) they asked me how much time I wanted and I said 2 weeks from the last
> day of the banquet.
>
> Bill said that was too long and I got up to leave and said "Then the two of
> you will have to bake those desserts." They were both mad, but had to back
> down. Real baking is an art and there was no one else who could have stepped
> in and done what had to be done.
>
> After I walked out of the office, I just shook my head and laughed. It was
> just typical Movement trash behavior. And so I kept my word, did a great job
> with the banquet in addition to my regular duties. The banquet went well and
> I even saved the day by preventing a very obstinate and bullheaded Purusha
> guy they had sent me from ruining the dessert for a thousand people by not
> following my instructions (I was mad enough to punch him)
>
> And left 2 weeks later - it was just typical Movement treatment by the powers
> that be towards the people who actually make the Movement successful - from
> what some of your write, things have not improved in the last 25 years.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Share Long <sharelong60@...>
> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday
>
>
> Â
> 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. Â
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jason <jedi_spock@...>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:05 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: The Science of Compassion, for Wednesday
>
>
> Â
>
>
> 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
> >
> > 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
> >
>
