--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes that is a good one. How about "Oh, Maharishi wouldn't > like that". Makes that person sound like they are in tune > with the master and you aren't.
There is an important lesson here that I think we should all be aware of on discussion forums like this one. Have you ever noticed the subtle "under- message" in place when some poster accuses another of a "failing?" "You're not being intellectually consistent" or "Your arguments are not rational" is meant to 1) elevate the supposed value of intellectuality/ rationality and imply that they are somehow more important or more "evolved" than other ways of seeing things, and 2) imply that the person hurling the putdown is more "in tune" with this "more evolved" mode of functioning that the putdownee. ------------------------ 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/
