Back then it seems the problems were more simply over the money, fund-raising technique and the anti-saint policy that were driving people away.
> > Even Back then there were yet some lot of 'unknowns' like the women to be > discovered. > > > > Surveying the old [meditating] community, The old survey that was done > > > is archived here in the FFL files section. It is real interesting > > > trend-reading to look at now. Things were in motion then even back in > > > the '90's and early '00's and yet still unresolved now. > > > > > > > Look in the 'files' section under the folder "FFL and Fairfield Community" > > about surveys. To be able to read the survey results here you got to be a > > registered yahoo groups FFL member to open the files. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Surveying the [meditating] community. > > > > > > > > I'm betting there is at least one PhD thesis waiting to happen around > > > > this [morality] topic or at least a scholarly paper. It would proly > > > > be timely anyway to have a new survey of this done independently now > > > > for the benefit of the meditating community. Back about 15 years ago > > > > some smart people created an independent survey of the Fairfield > > > > meditating community then. Seems morality was the same problem then it > > > > is today with leadership.. A new survey enlarged around these > > > > topics of moral complexity could be telling with some evident policy > > > > recommendations particularly for how things are going now. > > > > > > > > > > Surveying the old [meditating] community, The old survey that was done > > > is archived here in the FFL files section. It is real interesting > > > trend-reading to look at now. Things were in motion then even back in > > > the '90's and early '00's and yet still unresolved now. > > > > > > > Look in the 'files' section under the folder "FFL and Fairfield Communty" > > about surveys. To be able to read the survey results here you got to be a > > registered yahoo groups FFL member to open the files. > > >
