ingrained work ethic is ingrained too. Ingrained sense of being the doer, ingrained sense of being the giver.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The truth is that you've got the > > > > idea that everyone on Purusha is a sponger and a baby... > > > > > > Not everyone, but certainly this turkey. :-) > > > > Of course it isn't "everyone". > > > > But you're close, Barry. And if you had more contact with the > > TMO and all things TM than you have had over the past 20 years > > you would know that you aren't too far off the mark. > > I knew enough of these guys during my time with the > TMO to know what they're like. The vibe is unmis- > takable. > > > There are two types of people on purusha: > > > > 1) Those that are living off of trust funds or inheritances. And > > since, thankfully, Purusha is not THAT expensive, if you've > > inherited $200,000-300,000 (certainly NOT out of the range of what > > one would inherit in this day and age in America), you can pay > > your monthly cost of Purusha and even have a little "tuck" money > > budgeted for candy bars and new socks when you can go to town > > once a month. > > Nothing wrong with this, if what you want out of life > is to sit in a room with your eyes closed most of your > life. At least they're paying for it themselves. > > > 2) Those that don't have trust funds or inheritances. And they > > are the stereotypical "turkey" that you describe above. > > Well, you don't really have to look very far to find > the MODEL for this behavior, do you? > > I mean, what could be clearer? It's Maharishi himself. > The guy has turned begging and just assuming that other > people should pay for his life into an artform. He's > become a billionaire by doing this. > > > AND, Barry, if, > > like I said, you were closer to the TMO all these years, you would > > know from first-hand experience that this is so because you would > > be solicited every other month from one or another Purusha asking > > you to help them meet their monthly Purusha cost. > > The thing that's fascinating to me is the "trickle- > down craziness" involved with this. It's not just a > case of some lazy fucks realizing that there is an > easy way to avoid working, and that it's called > begging. That's just one side of the phenomenon and > of the conditioning. > > The other side of the conditioning is seen in the > *sponsors*, the people who have been taught that > there is some *benefit* to themselves that accrues > when they pay so that these guys and gals never have > to work. It's a remarkably symbiotic relationship; > one side of the equation couldn't exist without > the other. > > I know that a lot of people here and in spiritual > trips in general just assume that this is all a given, > and that it's always worked this way -- people who > have chosen a full-time spiritual "career" being > supported by those who have money and have chosen > a more householder path. I'm challenging the very > *idea* because I really believe that it's a *bad* > idea, and that most of the problems that one can > find in *any* spiritual tradition spring from this > assumption, and from this practice. Historically, > the spiritual traditions in which the monks or > clergy pay their own way in life, and are *not* > supported by the "rank and file" members of the > organization, seem to me to be much cleaner and > spiritually healthier. > > Just *think* about it for a moment -- it's one of > the biggest scams in human history. In almost every > era and in every tradition, all that you had to do > to avoid getting a job like everybody else was to > claim to be "spiritual" and get other people to pay > so that you could be "spiritual" full time. I'm > open to the possibility that many of these full-time > teachers might have done a few nice things for the > world, but when you look at it objectively, it's > really quite amazing that no one really challenges > the status quo of this whole scene and questions > it. The meme of the rank-and-file rabble paying > for the lives of the spiritual elite is that > taken for granted, that ingrained in the collective > consciousness. > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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