--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember these events well. Do you recall if the Movement had > anything to do with the peaceful transition in South Africa from > Apartheid to the election of Nelson Mandela, former enemy of the > state (probably the most surprising of all)?
I am not aware of that. But Maharishi once said; "Africa will be enlightened from the tip." >From my understanding Maitreya was more directly, though Maharishis efforts in the indirect levels should not be underestimated, behind the transition in South-Africa; several times visiting and inspiring Mr. Nelson Mandela in his prison cell. > > --- In [email protected], "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Through all his activities Maharishi has backed the egos of > > dictators; Haile Selasse, Peron, Shah of Persiah, Marcos, among > > others. And to my knowledge the transition to a different > government > > was peacefull. > > > > I was in Teheran when everybody expected a civial war; even the > > embassies shut down and left town. Nothing happened, The Shah just > > quietly slipped out of the country and died some time later. > > > > I was in Manilla when Maharishi put fullpage ads in the newspapers > > praising Marcos. We praised him in his Palace with lights and > words. > > His ego was certainly puffed upp; but something remarable > happened; > > when the people of the streets, in hundreds of thousands, reached > the > > bridge leading to the Presidential Palace, Marcos was in a meeting > > with his top general who strongly suggested to gun them down; I am > > ready, give me the yes. Marcos said no. > > > > Hours later he quietly slipped out of the country and died some > time > > later. > > > > The critisism of Maharishi by younger souls, here and elsewere, is > > understandable since knowledge is structured in consciousness. It > is > > the lack of intuition on their part when seeing a real Master, a > > savior, in work that puzzles me. Without an underlying, intuitive > > understanding of the mechanics of nature many become filled with > > rage, rumours and speculation. Sad really. 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/
