Re: captive audiences, an alternative view
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07/07/2017, 11:38:27
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Hi Marianne!

I haven’t worked with prisoners, and so lack that
perspective.

And I don’t disagree that the best thing would be for
prisoners to learn a way to make a legitimate living, but I don’t see why this
would be an either/or to also learning meditation.  Further, I think my own meditation practice gave
me a deep-seated advantage when I became interested in business and since, not
to mention other beneficial side effects. 
I’ll stick my neck out and say that some reflection might even clarify
why one would want to learn a skill and become more educated.

But is what is taught in these prisons really
adoration-centric, more of a guru trip? 
I don’t know, but if so, then it would totally suck, and I think I’d
have to reverse my opinion.  But if the
conversation is geared towards learning a meditation practice and a shift
towards introspection and the possibility of contentment and also then applying
that to life ‘outside’, then I can’t see much harm (in comparison to the alternatives).  I only watched the trailer for the peace /
prison propaganda documentary, but will try to find a way to watch the whole
thing (without giving them money).

Of course, I see it as a mixed bag, with the negatives I
mentioned previously along with my thought that similar prison programs could
be much better presented via other teachings/teachers.  One gnarly aspect of the dynamic is how teachings
seem to catch on better when coming from a central point, a leader.  GMJ, with all his flies, provides that
vehicle, especially since he always seems so fucking sure of himself.  While we see through it, his combo platter
has appeal to those that haven’t been there, done it yet, even providing legitimate inspiration to ‘look inside’.  A sad
consequence is when one’s interest in meditation gets inextricably tied to the
teacher and then gets to peak behind the curtain (Wizard of Oz reference), and how this unravels one’s confidence
that it there really is something to gained by sitting down, shutting the fuck up,
clearing out and really stopping to listen beyond the noise.

But at some point he (GMJ) becomes just another lesson
learned / stepping stone, except to those that really, really have their heads deep in the sand (apparently desperate to feel they are somehow more important due
to their proximity to the twisted celebrity that he provides, or whatever).

M






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