Buck,
I am not in the men's dome. Unless, you wish to be my beard.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote:
>
> I really feel that if we could just sit to meditate together then you'd come
> to understand the truly larger Good you rile against. You guys just need to
> come back, get your meditation checked, sit in a group meditation, listen to
> an advanced lecture again and then you'd see what mischief in nature you are
> doing mucking and raking all this negativity of yours.
> I live in my skin, the blanket of FFL. You guys and ladies, are my warmth.
> Obba, get off my blanket,
> -Buck
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> >
> > "The unbounded faith which conservative Meditators have in their own
> > principles, and the way they regard the principles and practices of other
> > techniques, approach intolerance on their part. They believe they are
> > guided to their convictions by the Spirit of Truth, and they really think
> > they have arrived at absolutely correct conclusions, and that any other
> > opinions are wrong. They think that all who differ from them would agree
> > with them if they had sufficient lightÂ…."
> > -Buck
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Why on earth would anyone make up something like that?
> > > > There are far too many stories that abound about unethical
> > > > behavior on the part of the TMO for people to have to
> > > > make any up.
> > >
> > > According to Nabby, anyone who says such things is on
> > > the payroll of the CIA, or the Dalai Lama. I don't know
> > > about you, but if this is true, my payroll checks have
> > > been lost in the mail. :-)
> > >
> > > More seriously, there are a number of people here whose
> > > world view is so precarious that they believe that anyone
> > > who says anything that threatens that world view is
> > > attacking them. They're terrified of allowing the (in
> > > their view) heretical ideas into their awareness, so
> > > they either retreat into nostalgic ideas of the move-
> > > ment and ignore them, or play "Kill the messenger" and
> > > try to suppress them.
> > >
> > > I think it's sad, and if this mindset is the legacy of
> > > the decades they've spent meditating, an even sadder one.
> > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: nablusoss1008
> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 7:42 AM
> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the
> > > > people who brought it up
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can honestly say I went on a lot of residence courses, and was
> > > > > > never asked to donate money, or purchase *anything*. Wasn't a
> > > > > > perfect experience, but this rapaciousness you attribute to the
> > > > > > reps of the TMO was just never present whenever I interacted with
> > > > > > them. Not once, during major national courses, residence courses,
> > > > > > or working for the TMO on staff, was I ever asked for donations, or
> > > > > > to get the next big thing. This is some tape loop in your head,
> > > > > > that does not match reality. And you know what they say, where
> > > > > > there's smoke, there's fire...:-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, so we imagined it all. Fascinating evasion.
> > > >
> > > > I've never encountered any form of sales-pitch on ANY course during
> > > > decades in the TMO.
> > > > So far we only have your version of this.
> > > >
> > >
> >
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