--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > He did say this [become in tune with my thinking] > > > > explicitly. Many times. On International Staff it was very > > > > much in the air. At Poland Spring, he said ³right now I¹m > > > > saying one things and 1,000 things are being heard.² > > > > (referring to the number of people in the audience.) > > > > ³Eventually you¹ll all hear the same thing.² (Meaning > > > > we all will have attuned ourselves to his thinking.) > > > > > > Or attuned to Reality which is one and therefore the same to all > > > knowers of Reality. > > > > Eggzactly. > > Segue time again... > > ************************************************************ > > The "the" Word > > What *is* the phenomenon that manifests itself in the > True Believers of the TMO? The *mechanics* of the > phenomenon are clear -- they treat every criticism of > TM, TMers and the TMO as if it were a personal attack. > But what *is* it in them that feels attacked? > > I think that the answer lies in one word used by one > poster here in a recent exchange. Rick suggested, "It's > based on the assumption that Maharishi has a handle on > Absolute Truth." The respondent insisted on redefining > Rick's statement using her own definition: "Or, that he > has a handle on the truth about the nature and mechanics > of consciousness." > > There is a word in that sentence that in my opinion > speaks volumes about the TM mentality, and what it is > in them that feels threatened and "attacked" when other > people question the TM dogma or propose other ways of > seeing things. Anyone get what it is? > > It's the word "the." She specifies that Maharishi has a > handle on "the truth," not "a truth." > > What the TBs are attached to, so much so that they don't > even realize it when their own language gives them away, > is the belief that there is only *one* truth. > > They cannot admit to the possibility of there being > another truth, or multiple truths, or even worse, contra- > dictory truths. Like in the Highlander movies, "There can > only be one." And naturally, these people feel that they > know what that single, solitary truth is. > > The TBs feel personally attacked when someone attacks an > idea they believe in because they have been told for > decades by Maharishi and his parrots that there *is* > only one truth, and that they are privy to it because he > was gracious enough to share it with TBs like themselves. > And *only* the TBs. If someone doesn't believe that the > TM truth is THE truth, well then at the very least (in > the eyes of the TBs) the non-believers have "misunder- > stood what was being said." More likely these deluded > souls (the critics) are motivated by jealousy of those > who know "THE" truth. > > I'm sorry, but the people who think and act like this > strike me as being really silly fucks. I mean, how much > experience with life could they possibly had to believe > that there is only one truth and one reality? It's just > fascism posing as spirituality. > > ************************************************************ > You are right. Many of us ex-TB's had that experience that MMY was speaking The Truth - he was The One that did know The Ultimate Truth - and we had to accept it, because we did not have a consciousness that was able to know The Truth. And we saw everything MMY did - as a path to reach a Higher Consciousness - even when it gave a lot of Stress - but we called it unstressing. Today I can't believe that I did accept so much as I did - . Ingegerd
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