--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" 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?
>
> They definitely do this. The national course offices know exactly which TM
> teacher went to another organization or has been with another saint and so
> on. Basically according to all criteria they have for giving admission to
> courses, they will collect information. On that depends if you will get a
> batch or admission to any kind of course.
>
> > 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.....
Salya,
I recently sat talking with a group of scholarly academics who long study these
particular things and a person who was a survivor of Jonestown comparing notes.
After hearing the description of how things are in the Fairfield meditating
community the Jonestown survivor kind of blurted out your same question with a
similar exasperation, "why do you stay?". I live here. That is the simple
answer. That I like my experience of meditation, I like my experience of
meditating in a large group of meditators, and I have a community of friends
likewise here. I only look to the TM.org to facilitate the group meditation.
I do stay interested in the welfare of how they are doing that in that the way
they behave effects the community of my friends here and the size of the group
meditation. I do hope for the best.
-Buck in the Dome
>
> This will always remain an individual decision. I have friends who are very
> much in the center of the movement, and who struggle with these policies,
> mostly by keeping their mouths shut. You have to think about to whom of your
> friends you tell what. And this is then really like it was in East Germany
> with the Stasi, I have a brother, who grew up in this system and told me how
> it was. He said that it leads to a kind of a double mind, where you behave
> like an obedient GDR citizen OTOH and and with some close friends, whose
> opinion you happen to know, you rant about the system.
>
> And yet, there are people like Share, who are just fine with the system like
> it is, who don't seem to have any points of conflict with the movement, and
> for them it is just fine. You could say that the movement serves them well,
> until any of these conflicts arise.
>
> For me it is like it is with you: I wouldn't like to be in such a situation
> again, I prefer my freedom, and I am happy that in my present spiritual
> environment, there is not at all a problem with that.
>
> The only problem I see for the movement with these policies is that they will
> slowly alienate an increasing number of people. But in the end of the day,
> everybody has to determine the life style that works best for him, one has to
> cut out the piece of the cake in a way that works best for oneself, and not
> think of the rest.
>
> > > --- 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:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > > 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, isolation, or suffering and try to connect with
> > > > > them. { more }
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