LOL- Dear Fundamentalist Overlord, I don't doubt Maharishi's strategy. He had to start somewhere, and those were some of the consequences. Not really a big deal now, though it was *very* weird at the time.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- 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...:-) > > > > Not to mention "chopping wood" :-) > > Anyway, I'm convinced Maharishi HAD to build up all those scarred hippies in > some way or the other in order to make them do anything at all. One being > lifting them up telling them how great and important they were. > Some younger souls simply got their egos so puffed up they never really > landed. This happened to quite a lot of Governors but not I to the majority, > who looked through this strategy from Maharishi to uplift the weakest amongst > us and somehow understood what he was saying; now it's time to do some > serious work ! > > Nablusoss > Fundamentalist Overlord >
