I don't recall the poster, though it should have showed him carrying a bucket of water [to flush his toilet] - would've been more Zen, too.:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I was only there once for the fist block of my sidhis course - Bevan and John > Cowhig, TM Sidhi administrators > > I can't remember the year - it was in the winter and there had just been a > big snow/ice storm a few days before - lots of pipes had frozen and > supposedly one well pump had been knocked out by lightning - it was one of > those snow storms that had thunder and lightning - the staff place 50 gallon > drums with water inthem so we could use buckets to dip water to fill the > toilet tank to flush the toilet > > This was the course where when I first walked into the lobby of the facility > there was the big poster of Sidha man - the one that no one else seems to > remember - with a Superman looking guy replete with blue and red uniform and > a big yellow S on his chest (for Sidha-man) and the caption at the bottom > saying "Be a Superman - Be a Sidhaman!" > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 11:27 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews > > > Â > Oh, yes. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > Are you talking about the Livingston Manor facility? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "doctordumbass@" > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2013 12:23 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews > > > > > > ÃÂ > > I do not know if it still exists. Beautiful scenery, though the place was > > already a dump when I lived there in 1978, just after it was turned into a > > men's facility. There was one functional wing, and that was reserved for > > the Governors. I lived first in a vermin infested shack, through the snow, > > down by the lake, then later in a leaky and cold dorm room. > > > > We had electricity but no hot water, and for awhile there was no plumbing > > at all in the entire facility for flushing toilets (except in the > > functional wing) - awesome smell! The roofs leaked everywhere. There were > > big rats in the kitchen where all the course food was prepared. > > > > The "office building" was really shaky - three stories tall, and about a > > hundred years old at the time. I was on the printing crew, and sometimes > > had to manipulate a forklift with faulty brakes around the basement, > > careful not to knock any support beams out of place, and bring the building > > down on top of me. > > > > The benefits: Saw the Northern Lights many, many times, and deer also > > abounded on the property. I also did residence courses (4x4) every month, > > and rounded 2x2 the rest of the time, so it served its purpose for me. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > > > > > 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!! > > > > > > And yet, all teachers had been told not to have someone in the car > > > meditating since their transcending could pull the driver's awareness off > > > the road!! This info was also given out in 3 days' checking, I think. > > > All in all, working in the Catskills might have had some benefits and fun > > > times. The place became a mold infested, toxic place once the roof gave > > > way and water leaks were not repaired. I think the town officials > > > literally sealed off sections of the buildings. Is it still there? > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
