captive audiences, an alternative view
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roark ®

07/06/2017, 15:33:50
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Howdy,

I have an alternative take on the idea of GMJ going into prisons, talking about peace and
teaching meditation.

If I imagine myself incarcerated for a long term after a life that included very tough times
and likely more than my fair share of violence, and then I am locked up left to
my own devices within bleak lord of the flies surroundings, why would it be such a
bad thing to shift the conversation and learn beginning techniques of
meditation to practice?  I have not seen GMJ for a very
long time, but it seems his current branding is as a teacher if taken at face
value, not necessarily a guru that one places on a pedestal and becomes
irrationally devoted to.  And though his
philosophy and semantics lack cohesiveness and nuance, the apparent simplicity
of his message is clear enough to relate to, especially if being exposed to it for
the first time.

As repugnant as it may be for us to see him gain adherents, raise his profile, validate the humanitarian
and not-for-profit structures that have allowed him to pile up wealth on the
backs of others (and of course a bunch of other odious shit)…..from the
perspective of one sitting in prison, depressed and perhaps hopeless, trading
on fear and anger, and with a ton of time on their hands, I think I kind of like the idea
(meaning that that the ‘good’ created would likely outweigh the ‘bad’).

Having said that, I am sure there are better and more effective teachers out there along his themes.

M






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