> British society - schools are like a warzone > immigration out of > control
> cultural integrity eroded, young people and key > workers cannot afford > homes etc etc. Same problems in the US. --- eloigne24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 5/21/05 9:52 PM, off_world_beings at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > Most of the salebale facilities were probably > bought with donations > > > from Brits for the British TM movement. > > > > Right ho. So do any Brits reading this care to > comment on the current > > sentiment regarding the movement they have created > being liquidated > and the > > proceeds being sent to India without their > consent? I wouldn't find > this > > slightly disturbing if I were fully convinced the > money was actually > going > > to be used for pundits. > > Some comments about the UK: The Independent > newspaper is campaigning > for electoral reform, for proportional > representation (of course T > Blair saying not necessary). Just 22% of the > electorate backed Blair, > he won 36% of the votes cast, and 55% of the seats > in the House of > Commons. It seems strange for the TMO to rail > against democracy - and > then react when it's shown not to work. > > The fundamental issue it seems to me is that Blair > represents the > greatest problem in our society as a whole - that of > image. It > permeates every aspect of our lives. Just look at > the DSM IV > description of narcissistic personality disorder - > and then look at > Bush and Blair - and the societies they represent. > Blair is wrecking > British society - schools are like a warzone (just > talk to a few > beleagured teachers) because of pupil behaviour and > the overall yob > culture, hospitals and transport struggling, > immigration out of > control (if you trumpet "cool Britannia's" image you > can't then > complain if people want to come there - but it is > just an image), > cultural integrity eroded, young people and key > workers cannot afford > homes etc etc. But people say the atmosphere on that > huge march > against the Iraq war was absolutely fantastic. > > It is terribly sad for the many dedicated people > involved in TM, the > ones who have given the most. If money had not been > frittered away > over the years on image-type projects then there > might be more > established. But there are a lot of people growing > and developing, > leading their lives in wonderful ways. You can't > just substitute one > field for another - just spiritual whilst ignoring > the psychological, > and vice versa. We're here in bodies for a reason! > Perhaps the age of > gurus is coming to an end - we have to be > co-creators. > > As Jung said: "God wants to be born in the flame of > man's > consciousness, leaping ever higher. And what if this > has no roots in > the earth? If it is not a house of stone where the > fire of Godcan > dwell, but a wretched straw hut that flares up and > vanishes? Could God > then be born? One must be able to suffer God. That > is the supreme task > for the carrier of ideas. He must be the advocate of > the earth. God > will take care of himself. My inner principle is: > Deus et homo. God > needs man in order to become conscious, just as he > needs limitation in > time and space. Let us therefore be for him > limitation in time and > space, an earthly tabernacle". > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
