Exactly what Salyavin said.
As far as I can tell, the charge of "obsession" falls completely on the
shoulders of those who are so attached to their beliefs and so petty as to get
uptight when they encounter ideas contrary to their own. Bitching about others
having such ideas is weird, and IMO the sign of a weak mind. Becoming *so*
uptight about it that they feel the need to try to *silence* the contrary ideas
-- and then, when that doesn't work, run away and form a forum where no one is
*allowed* to express contrary ideas -- is the sign of religious fanaticism.
As Curtis and I (and Sal) have said many, many times -- and as the religious
fanatics refuse to believe -- we come here for FUN. It's an "alma mater" kinda
place, as Sal suggested. Here we can talk about things we *used to* take
seriously but don't any more, and we can explore those ideas in more depth now
that we're not part of a cult that's trying to keep us *from* exploring them
more deeply.
If there is an "obsession" here, I suggest it's on the part of those who
literally HATE the people who express ideas contrary to the TM/MMY dogma, but
who keep reading every word they write, just so they can get off on the
righteous indignation they've become addicted to. I have no more respect for
them than I do for the idiots who feel that killing cartoonists is their
divinely-given right.
From: "Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
I feel the same as Sal, except that I don't do TM anymore. Sal, you summed
it up very well. BTW which Star Trek you watching? Original? Nex Gen - my
favorite was always Deep Space 9, and I make no apologies for it!
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
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Regarding this "obsession" with the TMO, what I have is an interest in what my
old spiritual almer mater is up to because it was a wild time and I met some
crazy people (in both good and bad ways) and got to see the inside of a cult
and saw how it works and how it affects affects people. I still like TM as it
goes and have fond memories of my time living there, but you've got to
transcend the crap you are in to evolve. It's the movement types who aren't
curious and carry on like everything is great that worry me.
Finally, FFL is something to do at work and during the adverts on TV - watching
Star Trek at the moment - it's not an obsession either. It's a bit of fun. So
lighten up. BTW what are you doing here?
