--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/1/06 9:35 AM, mrsatva at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >> Because it got too weird for people, or what ? > > > > > > Probebly all the reasons why people are leaving the TMO... > > > > > > I have been thinking about it for quit some time now and I thing > > > the main reasons are to many scratches in the heart. > > > One of the biggest TMO problems: the way people treat eatch > > > other. > > Yup. It's a movement full of people who care more > about talking the talk than they do walking the > walk. In fact, there is no perceived *value* in > walking the walk, whereas there is for talking > the talk. Good talkers get promoted into the > movement hierarchy, whereas those who actually > live quietly according to generally-accepted > spiritual precepts get ignored or are cast off. > > I wonder how the TMO compares with other spiritual movements > > in terms of this problem.
> "By example" is ALWAYS what wins. Maharishi could talk > and talk and talk forever ...--->> and in fact has almost > no sense of loyalty to those who have served him for > years as TM teachers. <<<----- The loyalty stuff has always bothered me. It's nagged at me for a long time. When I saw how Maharishi treated those closest to him, (Charlie, Jerry, etc...) I knew something was 'rotten in Denmark'. Its a big cognitive disonance for a 'spiritual movement'. JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/