I noted the same about the link, but know the song and thus moved to Bob's other link of the book. What a great book; a great offering with wonderful drawings. The pages turn for you, which is very cool. That is a pertinent link to what Curtis posted and I have saved it to peruse.
>________________________________ > From: obbajeeba <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 6:28 AM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people >who brought it up > > > >FFL, the endless battle of who did what, and how come I am not fucking >enlightened yet. > >Hey Bob, the link you put at the end of your post below on this thread, it >does not work if one lives in the States. I love Purple rain to go along with >those purple high stretch stiletto boots, please share a link we can see from >here, the States.. Emily would most likely appreciate it too! >The mention in a post to the Turq, I do not live in Fairfield, and not in >Manhattan (deduct my non response of 72nd and 4th)(nor the L train from >Willamsburg) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhgjEObtrWE Oh,Give me a ticket >on an Air-o-plane." you now have minus three areas I may or may not live,at >certain times. :) >I live in my skin, the blanket of FFL. You guys and ladies, are my warmth. :) > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: >> >> MILAREPA once sent three of his devotees, each with a >> >> blanket, into the mountains of Tibet with the instruction to not return until >> they had mastered their inner heat. >> >> >> The monks found an ice field, laid out their blankets, and >> began to mediate; windstorms and angry blizzards pummeled the three >> adherents and >> covered them with ice and snow, but the three continued to mediate without >> interruption. >> >> >> Finally, after ten years had passed, one of the monks opened >> his eyes and glared at the monk beside him and angrily shouted: >> >> >> "You're sitting on my blanket!" >> >> >> The angry monk then closed his eyes and the three continued to mediate. >> >> >> More wind, snow and ice storms hit the mountain and froze the >> monks solid, but still they continued their practice without interruption. >> >> >> After another ten years had passed the second monk opened his eyes and >> shouted: >> >> >> "No I'm not!" >> >> >> The second angry monk then closed his eyes again, and the >> three continued to mediate peacefully. >> >> >> >> More blizzards and wind storms hit the mountain and covered >> the three monks with freezing rain and snow; the howling wind was deafening, >> and at times the three mediating monks were encased in solid blocks of ice, >> but >> they remained immoveable and continued to mediate uninterrupted. >> >> >> >> Finally, after another ten years had passed (making it >> thirty years since they had arrived), the third monk suddenly jumped up, >> grabbed >> his blanket, and ran down the mountain, back to the monastery where MILAREPA >> was waiting. >> >> >> >> MILAREPA asked the devotee: >> >> >> >> "Why have you returned, have you mastered your inner heat?" >> >> >> >> And the third monk answered: >> >> >> >> "No master, I'm back because I got sick and tired of all the bickering and >> fighting!" >> >> >> >> >> For OBBA: >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bydB3-k-qU >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: turquoiseb >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:44:21 AM >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people who >> brought it up >> >> >> >> Just so this doesn't get buried inside a topic many >> people weren't reading, here it is with a new title, >> and under a new thread. >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote: >> > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote: >> > > >> > > What makes you think that this "negatively charged tone" >> > > is in THEM? It seems to me that a large number of people >> > > *project* such things ONTO the TM critics, because they're >> > > heavily attached to Maharishi and TM, and *their* buttons >> > > got pushed. They're experiencing emotions inside themselves >> > > that they perceive as negative, so they project the source >> > > of that perceived negativity onto the critic. >> > >> > To expand upon this, Share, here's what I saw happen >> > in this thread about the fundraising for Vedaland. >> > >> > Based upon what Michael and Salyavin have said about >> > this incident, it seems clear that the TM organization >> > not only was guilty of selling shares in a venture they >> > knew was not going to happen because Doug was dying, >> > they did so *on long-term residence courses*, sending >> > people to solicit partnerships/donations from people >> > who were rounding, and thus had been instructed to >> > not make any serious decisions while rounding. >> > >> > OK, that strikes me as a pretty big "WTF moment." >> > >> > And so far, in my quick re-read of the thread, it seems >> > that other than Michael, Salyavin and myself, no one >> > from the still-loyal-to-TM camp has really commented >> > *on the issue itself*. Buck came the closest. >> > >> > Most others have been playing one form or another of >> > "Kill the messenger," either suggesting that something >> > is wrong with Michael or the other critics, or that >> > something was wrong with their "tone," that it was >> > "negative." >> > >> > Here's what I think. >> > >> > The negativity is in the "Kill the messenger" types. >> > They heard something *that they didn't want to hear*. >> > It caused cognitive dissonance in them. They knew that >> > if they dealt with it directly and said what this news >> > made them *feel* about the organization they've been >> > part of for so long, and said it honestly, they'd be >> > perceived by other TBs as "negative." So they stayed >> > as far away from the real issue as possible. >> > >> > Instead they projected the inner turmoil they were >> > feeling about the issue onto the people who *were* >> > talking about the issue, and tried to turn the thread >> > into talking about *them* instead. Classic "Kill the >> > messenger," and classic cult. >> > >> > You seem to be full of advice today on how Michael or >> > others could clean up their "negatively charged tone." >> > Well, here's some advice from me. Try not to project >> > the button-pushed turmoil inside yourself onto other >> > people, and lash out at them rather than dealing with >> > what they said. >> > >> > It's not whether Michael is outraged over this issue. >> > That's fairly obvious. The bigger question is, "Why >> > aren't you?" >> > >> > How 'bout it, TM-supporters? Take this issue and discuss >> > it *AS* issue, no personalities, and no attempts at >> > well-poisoning and slander. >> > >> > Please explain how what the TM did in this case can be >> > seen as OK, legal, or benevolent. Please explain why >> > you still feel the need to support them or defend them, >> > if that's what you wind up doing. But talk about the >> > issue *itself*, not the people who brought it up. >> > >> > We'll wait... >> >> Suggestions for possible discussion points? >> >> - Did you ever experience, while on rounding courses, >> representatives of the TMO "pitching" you on things >> that cost money? You know, like "the next big course >> you just had to attend," or "the next technique you >> just had to have," or the next Maharishi-add-on >> product you just had to buy, be it Ayurveda or S-V >> houses? >> >> - If so, how do you reconcile this fairly obvious >> attempt to get you to spend more money or donate more >> money with the clear instructions you were given at >> the start of every rounding course, "Don't make any >> major decisions while you are here?" >> >> - What *is* it about the TM technique that makes it >> "100% positive" when done as advertised, 20 minutes >> twice a day, but that makes it so powerful during >> rounding courses that you have to be assigned a >> "buddy" to keep track of you, and you are prohibited >> from leaving the course premises? Clearly the people >> who made up the "buddy" and the "don't leave the >> course" rules believed that people on rounding courses >> were in a somewhat disabled state, because they made >> up these rules to protect them (and, of course, to >> protect the movement, lest they get into any trouble >> while spaced out walking around in the community where >> the course was being held). But they didn't believe >> in the truth of the "Don't make any major decisions >> rule" enough to refrain from trying to SELL them >> things on courses? WTF? >> >> >>                   >> > > > > >
