--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > I've no doubt that there will be a move to deify or whatever > > MMY (some already deify him), but I was responding mostly to > > your "5 years" lmit. I don't think that there will be any > > move towards this from within the TMO for many, MANY years. > > Case in point: one of the "bullet points" on my "job > description" as State Coordinator was going around to > different TM centers and trying to convince the TM > teachers who had placed a photo of Maharishi on their > pujz tables during the initiation process that it > probably wasn't a good idea. We'd tell them what we > had been told to tell them and then leave town, and > hear through the grapevine that the day after we left > town the photos of Maharishi would be right back on > the puja tables. > > Fanatics are always convinced that *their* fanaticism > is the "right" fanaticism. It doesn't even matter if > the person they are fanatical about sits them down > and yells in their faces about their behavior and > how inappropriate it is, they will cling to their view > of what is correct and say things like, "Maharishi > is only yelling at me in public because he has to > set an example for all the other teachers, the > 'lesser' teachers who are not as clued in as I am. > If we were to talk about this subject in private, > he'd tell me that I was correct all along." > > I've seen this so many times, both in the TMO and > in other spiritual trips. It's just part of the > spiritual process as far as I can tell. The power > of self importance is as awesome of the power of > denial. >
You may be correct. However, recall that at least currently, ONLY recerted teachers are allowed to teach under the TM label. The recerts are the ones most likely to toe the party line in all respects. Likewise with the Rajas who are supposed to be running the show. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
