Even tho I am not a fan of the TMO I think this is pretty cool - I saw the earlier posts about gays and it brought that episode at MIU back to my mind so I was just asking if any old timers remembered anything about it.
The reason I even head about any TM gay prejudice at the time was I had the hots for a raven haired French Canadian gal who didn't give a crap about me except to cry on my shoulder when her life wasn't going well. She was in love with this English Canadian who didn't seem interested in her but she goddamn well set her cap for him and pursued him and pursued him and pursued him relentlessly until finally told her he couldn't go out with her cause he was gay. She came to my pod room one night in tears right after he told her and she didn't know WHAT she was gonna do since she was convinced they were soul mates (based on the fact that he had nearly all the qualities on the list she had made of her ideal man - I kid you not.) So then she told him she had told me that he was gay and he got upset so I talked to him and said "Look man I'm not gonna tell anyone, its your private business. But what's the big deal anyway? This is MIU we all just meditate. We are all equal here." So he proceeded to tell me stories of prejudice against gays in the Canadian TMO. ________________________________ From: merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Same Sex Marriage Is a Crime Against Humanity welcome to gaYogi.org --Namaste, and welcome! ThisgaYogi site is dedicated to gay men [and our friends] exploring and unfolding what almost everyone feels deep inside… "There must be more to life, I'm sure of that. I just don't know how to get there." Photo: Celebrating a birthday with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Switzerland, 1979 and further in text: "My partner Scott and I are long-time practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) Program. I studied with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation, starting in 1973 up until 2008 when he passed on. I became a Certified Instructor of TM in 1974 after extensive training, and continued my education with advanced courses in India and Europe over the past few decades. I've taught over 1,000 people to successfully meditate, including volunteer programs across the USA as well as in Sierra Leone and Liberia (West Africa), Iran, India, Thailand and the Philippines. .." Seems to be endorsed or at least accepted by Thomas E. Roth because it says: "Please contact me to arrange a free orientation meeting, or for further information. Thomas E. Roth, Director The Transcendental Meditation® Program of San Francisco Maharishi Foundation USA / 501(c)3 Email tr...@tm.org Visit http://www.tm.org/sf " http://gayogi.wordpress.com/2012/01/ " --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote: > > During my time at MIU/MUM, the question came up in private conversations. > Open discussion about homosexuality never came up in class; anything > controversial was never to be talked about in class. > > But in private conversation, it was agreed upon by most that homsexuality was > bad for evolution, according to Vedic Science. Personally, I don't know of > any of the 5 major world religions that don't have a derogatory attitude > towards gays/lesbians. > > seekliberation > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: > > > > I am curious as to the TMO's position on gays - inthe 1980's at MIU I knew > > a guy from Canada who was gay and he claimed that there was a great deal of > > prejudice from the TMO toward gays as in if it were known someone were gay > > they would be asked to leave the university as apparently the TMO thought > > being gay reflected badly on the TMO - I had never heard this at the time > > and asked around and several people said it was true pretty much throughout > > the entire official Movement. At the time I was still a TM junkie, so > > didn't know what to think except that it was a pretty screwed up attitude > > for the Movement to take. Anyone know anything about the TMO's stance on > > gays and lesbians? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: seekliberation seekliberation@ > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 7:19 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Same Sex Marriage Is a Crime Against Humanity > > > > > > Â > > I often wonder if these people who claim homosexuality is going to destroy > > humanity ever did any research on the statistics of homosexuals. > > Statistics like this: > > > > 1. Percentage of murders committed by homosexuals vs. heterosexuals > > 2. Percentage of rapes committed by homosexuals vs. heterosexuals > > 3. Percentage of members of congress responsible for the housing market > > bubble crisis that were homosexual vs. heterosexual > > 4. Percentage of congress, DOD, and Dept of State members who justified > > unnecessary wars who were homosexual vs. heterosexual > > 5. Percentage of theft and fraud committed by homo vs. hetero > > > > I don't know if there's a way to research these stats because some people > > hide the fact that they're homosexual. But I can say this from experience: > > I've been lied to, assaulted, cheated, had personal belongings stolen, > > verbally insulted, and none of the people who did these things were > > gay/lesbian (at least not openly). > > > > This is very typical hypocrisy, to create severe problems in society then > > demonize some other social group who doesn't contribute even a fraction to > > the really serious problems that you do. I'm open to the idea that > > homosexuality is a perversion and unnatural, but i'm also not stupid enough > > to think that homosexuals are destroying humanity at any faster of a rate > > than heterosexuals. Heterosexuals are more than capable of destroying > > humanity without any help from the homosexuals. > > > > seekliberation > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > > > A Cameroon archbishop stated so. > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/cameroon-archbishop-calls-same-sex-marriage-crime-against-164343932.html > > > > > >
