on 5/10/05 10:12 AM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The idea of seva or service has always been sorely > lacking in the TMO and with MMY.
There's plenty of seva to MMY, MUM, etc. Staff are explicitly requested to work tirelessly, and are are often told not to question or get "creative" with policies and directives - just to work. There's a macho pride in how hard one works, pulling all-nighters, etc. After a big project such as the preparation for the Taste of Utopia course, people are publicly praised for their sleepless dedication. But I've never seen any sort of seva directly applied to the needy. In Mallorca, Maharishi said "People are poor because they are lazy." Maharishi's expressed philosophy has always been that we help the disadvantaged most effectively by approaching and winning the support of the wealthy and influential, who in turn will help the disadvantaged. The metaphysical equivalent of this approach is that we don't deal with problems directly, because that would be watering the leaves and there will be no end of problems. Rather, we enliven collective consciousness and the nourishment at that root level will enrich more manifest levels and thus eradicate problems. I almost sound like Bob Brigante here, but my implication is that I don't totally agree with this approach. If you're going to take it, you should simultaneously work directly to help the needy, both for their sake and for yours. It cultures compassion and selflessness. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
