--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's face it...after years of promises and > no delivery on them, TMers were just prime > sucker bait. They'd flock around *anyone* > who pretended to be knowledgeable or who > would tell them Woo Woo stuff they couldn't > get from Maharishi or the regular TM teachers. > > Spice up the Woo Woo stories with a liberal > dash of "You're special because you're here > hearing all this special knowledge," and you've > got a sure-fire mini-cult on your hands. And in > my opinion that's exactly what Charlie wanted, > and got. > > It all comes back to my rap the other day on > Not Easily Impressed. People who *are* easily > impressed by a good line of bullshit straight > from a Theosophical Society book are just > sucker bait waiting for a sucker to take > advantage of them. Just look at the numbers > of TMers who are impressed by someone who can > zap them with a bit of minor shakti. After > years and years of nothing, they look upon > even the smallest something as if it's mean- > ingful and the best thing since sliced bread. > > And, before anyone comes rushing in to accuse > me of "TM bashing" again, this phenomenon is > NOT limited to TM and TMers. It's across the > board, in almost every spiritual trip I've > ever encountered. People bring their desires > to see and hear flashy stuff to the ball with > them, and *of course* the teachers dance with > them and tell them exactly what they want to > hear. And people eat it up, because it makes > them feel all special to know things that > lesser, not-as-special-as-we-are humans don't. > > Why do you think Nabby like Benny Creme? Same > thing, in spades. Tell people they're hearing > the "real stuff," directly from the disembodied > Great Savior Of Mankind Who Never Shows Up, and > they pee all over themselves with "specialness." > > Charlie Lutes was just a guy who had read a lot > of silly shit, that's all. He laid it on thick > because the people in the audiences *wanted* > him to lay it on thick. And they knew that they > couldn't get this stuff from Maharishi or the > "straight" TM teachers. So they flocked around > Charlie because he made them feel all superior > and special. > > And clearly, they still do, because believing > that Charlie was just an ordinary guy who could > sling a line of Someone Else's Bullshit pretty > well would mean that maybe they *aren't* so > special after all. And that's unthinkable. The peanut gallery is never short on comments....
