on 3/13/05 2:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Frankly, the only part that surprised me personally was the misrepresentation > of the > charitable activities, which I now accept as a possibility but not as a proven > thing. This will > shake out for awhile and eventually I will decide for myself what I think the > truth of it is. > > I'm sure that many of you will have noted a certain irony in the situation. > This chat group, > viewed by many TM faithful as anti-TM in nature, is now seeing criticisms > raised against a > group that many in the TM fold regard as the TMO's biggest local competitor. > Perhaps that > accounts for the slight aroma of "Gotcha!" that permeates some of the posts. > > I think we have to accept that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the > gander. While I > find these allegations disappointing (notice that I don't call them > "disclosures" because I > don't think we have enough info here to reach sweeping conclusions), I think > that in the > big picture it is better to have the discussion than not to have it. > I agree. Many here know me as an Amma devotee, but my first point of devotion is the purport of the quote on the home page of this group: "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite." I hope I'll always have the gumption to stick to that no matter what the ramifications for my beliefs. I'll make some more comments in response to other posts, and will pull over relevant comments from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ammachi_free_speech_zone
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