ha! Emily at least I know Rick in person. Do you know indifferent in person? Or Gail Tredwell? smile?
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 3:07 PM, "emilymae...@yahoo.com" <emilymae...@yahoo.com> wrote: Well, if this is the case, than clearly Rick is *not* "impervious to self-delusion" as Share states. That's quite the pedestal she's got him on. Smile. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Right Rick's opinions are very objective. FYI Regardless of the disinterested persona he projects and manages to sell to people and his other work elsewhere, Rick and his wife are entrenched in this cult, much valued members of this cult. Your opinions are not surprising, Cult 101, cultists rely on each other to perpetuate their delusional beliefs. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > >dear not really indifferent, much of my thinking about this topic is based on >knowing Rick in person. I think he's quite intelligent and impervious to self >delusion so I choose to trust his input. About Amma and Gail I will never know >the *facts* via my own direct observations so I rely on the observations of >others I have found trustworthy. All the while knowing that I might be wrong. > > >That's the thing I think. At any moment we might be wrong. All we can do is >our best in any moment. If we're wrong, life will straighten us out one way or >the other. I can live with that. > > > > > > > > > > > > >---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >> >>This is an extremely cultish, delusional thinking. >> >> >>Here's an interview of Gail Tredwell on this book - open in Google Chrome for >>English translation >> >> >>http://spuren.ch/content/magazin/single-ansicht-nachrichten/datum////amma-die-kehrseite-einer-heiligen.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>To be that close to Amma for that long is bound to bring up the biggest, >>>fattest stresses, karma from many, many lifetimes. May she somehow find >>>peace when all is said and done. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:49 PM, merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>'Amma's shadow'Gail Tredwell last video :River of Love ◦ Mata Amritanandamayi could be shot just few months before she left the ashram-? >>>Should be at 46m28s - >>> >>> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dz6bFeYUNCU#t=2789 >>> >>> >>>http://youtu.be/dz6bFeYUNCU?t=46m28s - >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz6bFeYUNCU&feature=youtu.be&t=46m28s >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>The 2011-12 foreign contribution report (from 4/1/2011 through >>>3/31/2012 and 2010-2011) for the Mata Amritanandamayi Math is up now on the >>>FCRA >>>website: >>>http://fcraonline.nic.in/fc3_verify.aspx?RCN=052930183R&by=2011-2012 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>http://fcraonline.nic.in/fc3_verify.aspx?RCN=052930183R&by=2010-2011 >>> >>> >>> >>>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>Pages to read: http://ammascandal.wordpress.com/category/amma-lies/ >>>http://ammascandal.wordpress.com/category/amma-scandal/ >>> >>> >>>From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On >>>Behalf Of Share Long >>>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:43 AM >>>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, >>>Devotion, and Pure Madness >>> >>> >>>I've been to Amma's gatherings a few times and liked getting hugged, liked >>>the bhajans and the feeling of being at a market in India. I also liked that >>>it was sooooooooo different than TM gatherings which are drier and more >>>knowledge based. Also it was interesting to see the Western devotees garbed >>>in Indian clothing and living a more obviously ashram lifestyle. A former >>>boyfriend left Purusha and ended up buying a condo at Amma's ashram in India >>>and I got some insights from him about that particular path. Bottom line, we >>>live in interesting times but maybe everybody in every era thinks that! >>> >>> >>>On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:52 PM, "emilymaenot@..." <emilymaenot@...> >>>wrote: >>> >>>I only spent 3 days and just one time (although it was enough for me to >>>spend hours on the internet to reconcile my reality and that of my >>>children's with the experience and the experience of the family I went with >>>and to feel compelled to write up my story for a post in the process). I >>>think Rick or Ravi or maybe Share? could take you up on this, but I don't >>>want to start any drama. It is a good story and it represents 20 years of >>>her life and I respect it and her fully. >>> >>> >>>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote: >>>Hmmm, I would be interested to compare the experience of those who had been >>>around Amma with what the author is going to reveal in her book. I would >>>also like to know if what the author says resonates in any way or form with >>>what someone who approaches Amma openly and sincerely would have to say >>>about their experience with/of her. Everyone is different and their >>>filtering/perception mechanism is different from those possessed by others. >>>I would love to know how I would feel in her presence, receiving her touch >>>and then compare it with Gail Tredwell's story and why and how she decided >>>she wanted to move away from Amma. Anyone want to read the book and let me >>>know about this, especially if you have spent time with her? >>> >>>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <emilymaenot@...> wrote: >>>>>>She wrote it largely to facilitate her healing process and it isn't a >>>>>>comprehensive look at the Amma organization, but it blows the lid off of >>>>>>Amma as the "hugging saint" or "saint" in any respect, in ways that would >>>>>>create the need for one to engage in some serious mind-bending denial to >>>>>>continue to see her (particularly as a hanger-on). Well, I guess I just >>>>>>gave it a review of sorts, but pay no attention. I like stories of >>>>>>people and their lives. Smile. >>>>>> >>>>>>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote: >>>>>>>Emily, I have just purchased the book and it looks like a good read. I >>>>>>>know really nothing about Amma other than what I have read about her >>>>>>>here at FFL. Having emerged from a cult experience myself I will be >>>>>>>looking forward to seeing what the author has to say. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: >>>>>>>>Emily, did you find that reading this book shed some light on the >>>>>>>>experiences you and your daughters had when you went to see Amma in >>>>>>>>person? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:39 AM, "emilymaenot@..." >>>>>>>><emilymaenot@...> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I would suggest this book by Gayatri (Gail) to any Amma devotees or >>>>>>>>followers or those that attend just for hugs. It's easily read in two >>>>>>>>days and is written sincerely and truthfully and fairly. >>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>>
