In my opinion, some of the most creative writing to appear on TM-Free blog in recent months has been a series of comments from someone calling himself "muffpotter" in response to other comments under the following articles:
But it is so *beautiful*! posted May 16, 2011
Will Hagelin have the chutzpah..." posted June 7, 2011
Open Thread for Readers posted June 27, 2011
Reflections on Recent TM Publicity posted July 13, 2011
Let us entertain you... posted July 22, 2011
A few words about comments posted July 24, 2011.
I say "has been" because muffpotter (as well as yours truly) now have the distinction of being two, if not the only, commenters banned from posting at TM-Free by current blog moderator Mike Doughney. (It is worth noting that the moderator reins were handed to Mike from blog creator John Knapp in a December 2010 announcement.) My point to all this is that Mike and some of the other contributors at TM-Free don't like to be criticized for the way they run things over there nor being asked to defend their sometimes blatant "untruths" (to put it mildly) about the TMO and its now deceased leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. And in their continuing quest to warn others of the dangers of over-practice (referred to as "rounding") of the meditation technique known as TM offered by Maharishi and his initiators since the late 50s, they have turned something once noble (in their minds at least) into a former shadow of itself as nothing more than attention-seeking repetition of "war stories", long-held grudges, and laying all the blame of what some of them have become in life (or should I say "have always been") on a person to whom they devoted their younger years.
And now it appears as though another TM-Free reader has left the ranks of commenter (but of his own accord) because he dared to offer his opinion that there might be some merit to "faith" in one's life, and then double-dared to calmly and rationally defend his opinion against the onslaught of circular arguments that ensued. Foolish man! When reading one of Mike's responses to this commenter, keep reminding yourself that he is the moderator, and hence primary spokesman, for this blog.
My bets are that TM-Free will self-destruct within the year. (Then again, this blog might not survive the month!) However, in Mike's defense, he did become captain of, in my opinion, a sinking ship (or at best, one hopelessly lost at sea) that all the trustworthy and believable contributors and commentors abandoned long ago. (It remains to be seen whether this captain will go down with the ship.) And to his credit, he has not deleted (as yet) the comments made by muffpotter and myself that resulted in our banning. Thanks Mike.
Well, that's about it for now folks, thanks for listening! Please watch for future articles and developments in my "new" project...your sincere comments, although moderated at present, are most welcome.
The Bird
PS. If you're out there friend Muff, I would love to have you writing posts on this blog if you feel so inclined.
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