--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > I'll bet Hagelin could do it, if he were willing to risk > putting his neck on the chopping block. It would be a > showdown at the OK Corral between him and Bevan.
Don't be silly. You're still thinking TM-centric. A turnip has more charisma and audience recognition in the real world than John Hagelin does. No one but a TB TMer gives a shit *what* he thinks, about *anything*, or ever will. There couldn't *BE* a more quintessentially boring status quo dweeb than John Hagelin. > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of turquoiseb > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:50 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@ > <mailto:rick@> > wrote: > > > > Maybe there needs to be a "tipping point" with the course office, > > as there now appears to be with the NRA, or as there was in the > > 50's with Senator Joseph McCarthy, in which the office is shamed > > into irrelevancy and powerlessness, and forced to shut down. > > An interesting idea, and a hopeful one, but as I seem > to remember it, the "tipping point" with Joe McCarthy > was really precipitated by "the most trusted man in > America" taking him on, at peril to his own career and > reputation. That was, of course, Edward R. Murrow, > arguably the best "newsman" America has ever had. > > Who might such a person be within the TMO? What would > happen, for example, if poster boy David Lynch lined > up with the people being declared Off The Program, and > thus anathema, and "banned from the domes?" Or Oprah? > Or Paul McCartney? > > If you need to inspire yourself with what one man (or > woman) can do if suitably ethical and suitably motivated, > I heartily recommend a viewing or re-viewing of the film > written and directed by George Clooney, "Good Night, and > Good Luck." In it you get to see the face of evil himself, > Joseph McCarthy, as he really looked and acted in newsreel > footage, and David Strathairn as the voice and face of > Murrow, bringing a great actor's "take" to the actual > text of Murrow's news broadcasts. The movie touched me > deeply, and made me get all teary from time to time, > seeing what "the TV News" *used to be*, compared with > what it is now. > > One person -- if they are visible enough and respected > enough -- really CAN change things. Why I bring this up > is that although ideas themselves are suitable motivators > for many people, I don't think that the larger community > of TM practitioners -- having been trained for so many > decades to be personality worshipers -- are at this point > able to react to mere ideas. They need a "spokesperson," > a charismatic person to whom they can switch their > allegiance and then follow. Just my opinion... > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > On Behalf Of Buck > > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:42 AM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] A Hurt Community > > > > Dateline Spiritual Fairfield, > > > > A Hurt Community. > > > > In a few weeks once the Pandits all arrive we still are going to be short > of > > a consistent 2000+ people meditating in the Dome tallies and will probably > > need another couple hundred local meditators at the margins to come back > to > > the Domes. > > > > The very real thing I am running in to now as I interview people is that > the > > old movement meditators here feel they don't (should not) have to prove > > anything to the course to get back in to Dome to meditate. It's a strongly > > held sentiment. I'm talking with old cultured movement meditators applying > > for a badge who then with some vehemence are feeling they they should not > > have to explain themselves when it becomes apparent that the Capital has > > kept files on them. They are appalled. So it is. > > > > This last weekend Jonas Magram produced a folk evening of local musicians > at > > the Paradiso stage. Someone told me that one performer did a R & B rag > with > > a spirited refrain that went on something like "I ain't going to go to the > > Dome no more". Apparently it was really well done as a send up of the > > situation here. About 2/3's of the crowd applauded enthusiastically and > 1/3 > > of the crowd sat stoically on their hands and were not amused at all. Of > the > > larger meditating community, that is about the right ratio of how people > > feel about the organizational TM movement as they would consider coming > back > > to help out with the numbers. > > > > I spoke with someone this weekend at a holiday get together, an old TM > > movement person, someone who had early spent a lot of face time around > > Maharishi, taught a lot of people to meditate, ran Centers who then > observed > > that she felt completely offended that she would have to prove herself to > > the Course Office staff by chasing down recommends and attending advanced > > lectures at the Peace Palace. She lost interest right there to be involved > > in the cult again with her application to meditate in the Dome. She is a > > meditator here. She is someone who is here who was willing to be in the > Dome > > meditating to help out. The feeling about how it has gone though is bad > and > > defended. > > > > I ran in to three other people last week interviewing who spoke the same > way > > about going back who had dropped pursuing their applications any further > > beyond initial interviews when they were met with questions about what was > > in their files and then having to come up with recommends and going to > > advanced lectures at the Peace Palace to prove themselves. > > > > Reporting From the Streets, Shops and Cafes of Spiritual Fairfield, > > > > -Buck > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > > , "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > Yep, this thing coming with The Dome Numbers Cliff, someone is going to > > > have to show some magnanimous leadership to a hurt people to have them > > > come back and help. We're going to need a few hundred more old movement > > > meditators from the community here to come back and there is some deep > > > held feeling that leadership is going to have to deal with to get these > > > numbers to come out from the meditating community here now. My only > > > interest in this is to see them facilitate the numbers in the Dome > > > meditation better and if they can't then step aside and let someone else > > > do it. They've had over thirty years rein of terror, let's see > > > something else.-Buck > > > > > > > > > > > Like the 'fiscal cliff' we evidently are approaching The Numbers Cliff > > > > in the Domes. > > > > > > > > Someone lurking FFL writes to me on the side: > > > > > > > > If this group is established, why are the > > > > www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ > <http://www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/> > > <http://www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/> > > > > numbers so pitifully low? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it is going to be close. Even if these new pundits show up in > > > > force in re-enforcement we still need a few more good meditators from > > > > the community to come to the Domes to have steady numbers over 2,000 > > > > meditating morning and evening, let alone 2,500 for safety. We're > > > going > > > > to need a few more willing meditators, at least 150 or 200, from the > > > > community to come back to the Domes and fill the breech. > > > > > > > > May the Unified Field have mercy on us. > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Friends, a correction of impression is needed on this subject. That > > > > was an old headline that is not current. I made some phone calls this > > > > morning to confirm things. That video is from a time that there > > > were > > > > over 1000 pundits present here on location. From several years ago > > > now > > > > the pundits have been arranged for in groups of 50 to 100, 200 or 250 > > > at > > > > a time. It is a huge logistical job to do and takes a large amount of > > > > capital to do. As they came over they came on visas that are bonded > > > for > > > > limited time periods. As the project is old enough now several groups > > > > of pundits have rotated back to India as their visas for coming to the > > > > US from India have expired. > > > > > > > > > > Currently there are over 600 pundits here with us in Fairfield. > > > They > > > > expect another 600 to be processed and paid for within the next weeks. > > > > It is an incredibly high-minded and very large project logistically. > > > > The good people working on this are arranging airfares for a group of > > > > 300 to come shortly then followed by another group after that. > > > > > > > > > > With Kind Regards, > > > > > -Buck, bird-dogging to flush out the truth. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Listen to their > > > > > > > > > chanting:http://www.nationalyagya.org/videos.html#video=epFYCRS71Mw > > > > > > > > > > > > [Videos] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
