I recall this one, rare, time when some bigwigs were coming into La Guardia airport in NYC, and I was on staff at a TM facility in the Catskills. There were a couple of limos there, should Maharishi come to visit, though he never did - Anyway, I was decked out in my khakis and got picked for driver duty, for one of the limos. We were about 2 or 3 hours out from NYC, and probably got a late start, so the director, Tim, riding in the back by himself, told me he was going to do his [meditation] program, and instructed me to drive as fast as I wanted, because, "Nature will support". 85 to 90 mph, all the way in - lot's of fun!!
Driving Movement vehicles was always a blast, like when I'd take this big box truck into the Bowery, or some nearly deserted warehouse in Brooklyn, to drop off copies of the Movement magazine. Could pretty much drive any which way I wanted to, running lights, double parking, as that was the local custom. Helped make up for the $5 a week I made, cash.:-) -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" wrote: > > Ha! Well, it's nice to be in the younger crowd. hehe > > I was a cherry picker and dish washer in The Way. :D I seldom got the higher > assignments to rub really close shoulders with the higher and more spiritual > leadership. > > But I didn't see the hypocrisy, like you did in the TMO. > > The hypocrisy was there in The Way, but some I didn't see because it went on > behind closed doors and the times I did see what *might be an apparent* > (barf) hypocrisy, I chose to rationalize it. After all, the leadership knew > what was best for the followers and always had our best interest in mind. > (sarcasm) > > It's a long story of course. We all have those...long stories. > > To cherry picking, strawberries, and dirty dishes! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > Barry.(and me too).lol. > > > > I have a theory back from 1981-ish when I did my last staff stint with The > > Movement. I had a good friend, Jack, who mentioned something, after the > > last bout of arrogance and power-tripping we were exposed to by A Governor > > Of The A Of E And Don't You Forget It, aka TM Teacher. Jack turned to me > > and said, "Someone must be telling these guys something [that makes them > > feel this way]." > > > > We were fortunate, that although the construction and farming project had a > > lot of Governors, aka fundamentalist overlords (though there were one or > > two decent ones), we were doing hard physical work that kept us grounded, > > and aware of the hypocrisy. > > > > So, my theory is that some of these Governors having been taught repeatedly > > that they were a special cadre, literally saving the world, left the > > Movement with big heads, and either glommed onto other authority figures, > > or became teachers of others, themselves. > > > > This is apparently still an issue for some, after so many years, either > > feeling as some do, that their true position above others continues to go > > unrecognized (name, here, starts with a T and ends with a B), or continuing > > to struggle against that once lofty position. > > > > T...B commented that one of the posters here was a bigot, because he > > followed a bigot, T...B not recognizing that he went a lot further in his > > allegiance to the so-called bigot, becoming a Teacher of his, than the > > person he criticized. More examples abound. > > > > So, I ask myself - what makes someone willfully blind? Obviously having > > been told wondrous and powerful things about oneself is very intoxicating. > > The ego revels at such an opportunity to make this the core of the mind's > > life story. This is the trap for the Teachers of TM who chose to leave the > > teaching, but retained all the wonderful and inspiring things said about > > them. > > > > Glad I was always washing dishes, or planting strawberries...:-) > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" wrote: > > > > > > Hey doc... > > > > > > Younger than whom? :D > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Is it because Carol is apparently a younger woman, and thinks you are > > > > full of it, which drives you nuts-o, or is there actually more to > > > > this?? IMO, I don't think so... > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This one thread, devoted to documenting how awful a person > > > > > > John Knapp is, is becoming very tedious. Perhaps Carol could > > > > > > find something else to obsess on. I am no fan of John Knapp, > > > > > > but I imagine that he had good intentions to begin with. > > > > > > Then something went wrong and perhaps he didn't cope with > > > > > > it well, and that led to something else, and so on. It's > > > > > > time to leave this guy alone. > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, like that's gonna happen. > > > > > > > > > > This place is like heaven on earth for cyberstalkers, > > > > > especially if the stalkee is male, and *very* especially > > > > > if a number of people hold a grudge against him anyway > > > > > for his feelings about TM and Maharishi. > > > > > > > > > > This particular cyberstalker accomplished her purpose. > > > > > She got a bunch of people badmouthing her intended > > > > > victim. My bet is that she'll leave if they stop, > > > > > because she doesn't really have anything else to say. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
