[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff He has known for about a year and hasn't even told his family. He goes to the dome and is happy. If he's happy, great--we should all be so lucky. Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. Notables in the tmo tend to have money which helps in that situation. The problem is with purushas and MDs (and other full timer staff) who get kicked off if diagnosed with a disease and they have little to no money and are generally estranged from their families - their spiritual group was their family but that's taken from them when they get sick which is the time they need that kind of support. OFten they still have ideas about ayurved or yagyas curing them which motivates them to make foolish treatment choices. PLus they're out in the world maybe for the first time in decades which would be difficult enough for them even without being sick. This has created a very difficult situation for many people and it's only going to increase in frequency as the baby boomers in the tmo approach their 60s.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 20, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Rick Archer wrote: My sources tell me that: 1. No one on campus committed suicide. Good to hear and pretty much what I figured. But the real question, Rick, is...what does the Magic 8-Ball say? 2. There is a guy living in Utopia Park who's dying slowly (aren't we all?). I was thinking that as well. He has known for about a year and hasn't even told his family. He goes to the dome and is happy. If he's happy, great--we should all be so lucky. Is he getting any support from the TMO? If he hasn't even told his maily, what makes yo think that the TMO has been notified? And what support do y ou think the TMO should be giving him and why? For instance, is it a progressively deteriorating condition where he willneed more and more life support? Should the TMO provide that? Etc. BTW, Death and Stuff was the name a friend of mine came up with for a hypothetical trendy Georgetown mortuary. Anyone looking for a hot business idea?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff He has known for about a year and hasn't even told his family. He goes to the dome and is happy. If he's happy, great--we should all be so lucky. Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. I don't know about Jane Hopson. Skip got his 15 minutes of fame though: http://www.springerlink.com/content/vd6c929y75u5/\ ?sortorder=ascv=condensedo=10 Volume 7, Number 4 / October, 2000 Journal Journal of Adult Development Publisher Springer Netherlands ISSN1068-0667 (Print) 1573-3440 (Online) Subject Behavioral Science Pages 189-290 SpringerLink Date Sunday, October 31, 2004 1. Add to marked items A Biographical Sketch of Charles Skip Alexander (19491998) Author Jane Schmidt-Wilk TextPDF (30 kb) 2. Add to marked items A Developmental Approach to Social Science: A Model for Analyzing Charles Alexander's Scientific Contributions Author William R. Torbert TextPDF (96 kb) 3. Add to marked items An Overview of Charles Alexander's Contribution to Psychology: Developing Higher States of Consciousness in the Individual and the Society Author David W. Orme-Johnson TextPDF (201 kb) 4. Add to marked items Attending to the Fine Feeling Level Author Frederick Travis TextPDF (19 kb) 5. Add to marked items Creating a Better World Author Marilyn Schlitz TextPDF (19 kb) 6. Add to marked items Introducing Executives to the Transcendental Meditation Program Author Mary Martha Stevens TextPDF (29 kb) 7. Add to marked items Life Lessons from Skip Author Dennis P. Heaton TextPDF (21 kb) 8. Add to marked items Mature Ego Development: A Gateway to Ego Transcendence? Author Susanne R. Cook-Greuter TextPDF (149 kb) 9. Add to marked items Mental Attention, Consciousness, and the Progressive Emergence of Wisdom Author Juan Pascual-Leone TextPDF (107 kb) 10. Add to marked items Moral Development and Higher States of Consciousness Authors Sanford I. Nidich, Randi J. Nidich and Charles N. Alexander TextPDF (106 kb) 11. Add to marked items One by One Author Toni Alazraki TextPDF (20 kb) 12. Add to marked items Preface Authors Susanne R. Cook-Greuter and Melvin E. Miller TextPDF (31 kb) 13. Add to marked items Skip AlexanderA Visionary and a Warrior Author Jim Fairchild TextPDF (20 kb) 14. Add to marked items Skip, Teaching from Bliss Author Jane Schmidt-Wilk TextPDF (22 kb) 15. Add to marked items Skip's Smile Author Klaus Volkamer TextPDF (19 kb) 16. Add to marked items Spiritual Seeker and Psychologist Authors Charles N. Skip Alexander and Victoria K. Alexander TextPDF (30 kb) 17. Add to marked items This-worldly Mysticism: Inner Peace and World Transformation in the Work and Life of Charles Skip Alexander Author Jeffrey C. Alexander TextPDF (52 kb) 18. Add to marked items Transforming Corporate Consciousness Author Franz-Theo Gottwald TextPDF (21 kb) 19. Add to marked items Tribute to Dr. Charles Alexander Author Bevan Morris TextPDF (19 kb)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: -Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff He has known for about a year and hasn't even told his family. He goes to the dome and is happy. If he's happy, great--we should all be so lucky. Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. Notables in the tmo tend to have money which helps in that situation. The problem is with purushas and MDs (and other full timer staff) who get kicked off if diagnosed with a disease and they have little to no money and are generally estranged from their families I'm sure it varies from person to person, but the only members of Purusha I know/knew were people like Rick Archer, George Brown, and the like. Rick can speak for himself, but George Brown's family was entirely supportive of his involvement with Purusha, at least according to his sisters. - their spiritual group was their family but that's taken from them when they get sick which is the time they need that kind of support. OFten they still have ideas about ayurved or yagyas curing them which motivates them to make foolish treatment choices. PLus they're out in the world maybe for the first time in decades which would be difficult enough for them even without being sick. This has created a very difficult situation for many people and it's only going to increase in frequency as the baby boomers in the tmo approach their 60s.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:05 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuf I don't know about Jane Hopson. I think Jane died of ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:12 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff I'm sure it varies from person to person, but the only members of Purusha I know/knew were people like Rick Archer, George Brown, and the like. Rick can speak for himself, but George Brown's family was entirely supportive of his involvement with Purusha, at least according to his sisters. Early in my movement involvement my father said, hey, I'm not happy, so who am I to tell you how to be happy. He meditated, went to Poland Spring and the Amherst SCI symposium and various residence courses, but still died an alcoholic. My mother spent 9 months in Switzerland on International Staff, took the first phase of TTC, lived in FF, etc. So both were supportive, but both, towards the end of their lives, began to grumble about aspects of the TMO they found weird, unfair, etc. One of my sisters lives on campus in an SV house, her husband is on faculty, kids in MSAE/MUM, the whole enchilada. But she's supportive of what I'm doing now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff He has known for about a year and hasn't even told his family. He goes to the dome and is happy. If he's happy, great--we should all be so lucky. Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. Yeah, the mortality rate up there is kind of up there. They don't call it 'Heavenly Lane' for nothing. Jane Hopson, Charlie Lieb, Mother Drier. Is Jane's house still empty? Run, as if your SV house is on fire!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. Yeah, the mortality rate up there is kind of up there. They don't call it 'Heavenly Lane' for nothing. Yeah, and if you live there on 'Heavenly Lane', it is a pretty short road too. Jane Hopson, Charlie Lieb, Mother Drier. Is Jane's house still empty? Run, as if your MSV house is on fire!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Death and Stuff Is he getting any support from the TMO? Haven't heard. In fact, it would be interesting to know what kind of support other notables who've died received. Skip Alexander, Jane Hopson, etc. Yeah, the mortality rate up there is kind of up there. They don't call it 'Heavenly Lane' for nothing. Yeah, and if you live there on 'Heavenly Lane', it is a pretty short road too. not as short as Skid Row, though...
