> > he is married and has been for many years. But I wonder
> > what excuses you make for him lying about it for so long,
> > and to so many?
> >
>
> That is a really tough question. That could easily be someone's scholarly
> thesis topic alone on Fairfield. How meditators have dealt with the deceit
> and moral dissonance of their leadership. That became more directly
> addressed in a series of posts by a range of old meditators writing on FFL
> between Christmas and New Year's a month ago. It was really interesting to
> read how different people resolved their relationship with the Tmo.
>
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
>
> Could it be this? That I don't really see anyone as my leader. I like how
> Ram Das says it:Â We're all just walking each other home.Â
> That's how I feel about it. And since I have flaws, it doesn't bother me
> that they have flaws too.
>
>
Yes that is a point of view in a spectrum and I certainly interview plenty of
meditators in the community who are here needing nothing to do with them TMo
and its leaders. People dial the moral dissonance problem filter differently
for themselves. A lot of people have left and some have stayed still liking it
or holding their noses for their own benefit or at least to help the world in
spite of everything TM.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Buck
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:13 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Serious Question
>
>
> Â
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm very glad that Rajaram is a householder.
> >
> > Are you glad that he lied about it to pretty much
> > everyone in the TM movement for many years, including
> > his close friends like John Hagelin?
> >
> > > It makes the TMO more human somehow, more of the world
> > > with all its joys and sorrows, more connected to life
> > > with all its light and dark.
> >
> > Yeah, you say this NOW, now that it's come out that
> > he is married and has been for many years. But I wonder
> > what excuses you make for him lying about it for so long,
> > and to so many?
> >
>
> That is a really tough question. That could easily be someone's scholarly
> thesis topic alone on Fairfield. How meditators have dealt with the deceit
> and moral dissonance of their leadership. That became more directly
> addressed in a series of posts by a range of old meditators writing on FFL
> between Christmas and New Year's a month ago. It was really interesting to
> read how different people resolved their relationship with the Tmo.
>
