I'm not buying this. I think that blaming things on "Wright and his gang" is a way of shifting blame away from the real truth, which is that the people doing this kind of complaining (mainly Buck and Feste) simply don't have any spiritual experiences TO write. They petered out long ago.
Unable to admit that, they point fingers and say, "It's all because of him that I don't feel comfortable writing about my spiritual experiences," when the truth is more likely, "I don't have any spiritual experiences to write about." From: feste37 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:58 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience Wright and his little gang of clever and abusive cynics have pretty much killed this group off. The January post count was the lowest for eleven years—since February 2004. It is not a pleasant, respectful environment here, and any account by anyone of a spiritual experience is likely to meet the same contemptuous response by the resident know-it-alls. If Jesus Christ started posting here he would be dismissed as a charlatan. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote : What cynics you two are! I found his article rather sweet. It's good to see someone keeping the faith. We're not ultimately in opposition: some have to explore altered states of consciousness while others have to remain grounded, keep their critical faculties intact and point out possible objections. From that interplay we advance into the future. Your cynicism may finally prove justified but at least he has a dream. Sadly, most dreamers turn out to be pipe dreamers. I'm hoping he turns out to be on to something. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : This should really be framed as an example of "What TM does to the mind." After decades of practice, it's caused a Ph.D. to use 1,626 words to describe a phenomenon that could easily have been described in two ("placebo effect") or at most four ("monkey see, monkey do"). I think his next study should be on the perils of unimportant people having been told for decades how important they are. From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience Wow, he actually had an experience! Prolly makes it all worthwhile for him. I guess there must be a paper on neurological seratonin correlations with subjective experiences on the way? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Waves Below is one of my experiences... - David Orme-Johnson | Facebook | | | | Waves Below is one of my experiences... - David Orme-Johnson | Facebook Waves Below is one of my experiences from the Invincible America Assembly from last October. 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