--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- jyouells2000 <jyouells@> wrote: > > > > > > (mercy snip!) > > > > > > > > You missed the point. If I consistantly lie, no one > > > > will trust me or > > > > believe what I say. I believe you said, "And once > > > > you play fast and > > > > loose with the figures in a documentable way, no > > > > matter how trivial,it > > > > becomes very hard to beat your chest and say "I'm > > > > really honest THIS > > > > TIME, honest,"" That's why the response to the > > > > courses has been so > > > > weak. The "Everybody does it defense" proves my > > > > point. Even 'mostly > > > > free' isn't enough when the trust is gone. > > > > > > > > JohnY > > > > > > I don't think that people are not going to this new > > > course because of lack of trust, but because they have > > > lives and commitments outside of the TMO. When I was > > > in my 20's, not married, and going to college I could > > > go off to any course I wanted too and I did. But now > > > in my 50's like many others, who can just leave their > > > life and go to Fairfield for a two month course? > > > > > Sure, there's that too. I guess the question is: If you could go, > > would you? Is the purpose the Maharishi Effect, or satisfying a > > margin call? Or both? See what I mean about trust? > > How about the individual's feeling that the ME might > help? Or simply that the individual thinks the course > would be enjoyable? Who cares whether it's a margin > call? I'd go if I could. "Trust" wouldn't enter into > it at all, for me. I'd be going for my own purposes, > not the movement's. There's not likely to be another > chance to go on that big a course with such an extended > program and so many other perks for so little money for > a good long time, if ever. >
As an 'unrecertified' TM teacher my perspective is different. Trust is a central issue, in a student-teacher-student relationship. (You're stating the 'It's no Big Deal' arguement... well sometimes. it is.) JohnY 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/
