> If you are incapable of accepting MMY's statement > that going slow for > the TMO is the Divine Plan, then either you operate > at less than > ordinary human intelligence so that you are > incapable of understanding, > or you simply do not accept MMY's status as a yogi > capable of speaking > out the Divine Plan.
The latter. --- bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "claudiouk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > If all along the cosmic task had been to train > 40,000 or so pundits > > to a high degree of competence within the true > "tradition" surely > > this would not require a detour lasting 50 years > > involving "householders" and "Westerners". Had MMY > remained in India, > > been one of the many gurus there that seem to > thrive without much > > difficulty, amassed a following of 5+ million in a > land of about a > > billion, and perhaps have found an Indian > "Wallace" equivalent to > > kick start scientific interest in TM there (as > already happening for > > Yoga)... etc.. Morever it might have ended up, > like for the Buddha, > > primarily a monastic order. Was there REALLY a > need for all this > > circus act? > > ************************ > > Back in the 60s, MMY described the gradual approach > of the TM movement > as being part of "The Divine Plan" > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/retards.html#light > > When MMY says that something is part of the Divine > Plan, it means that > human intelligence could not make the determinations > necessary for the > plan. So the decision to unfold enlightenment values > slowly is a given, > not something that can be questioned by limited > human intelligence, > although the policy can certainly be understood by > ordinary human > intelligence (there are going to be people who can't > understand because > they operate at less-than-ordinary intelligence). > > MMY's explanation of the go-slow policy is simple: > the TMO cannot > create large pundit groups quickly or teach large > numbers of people TM > quickly, because this would "create fear and havoc" > in material life in > this dark and ignorant world. Now that a few candles > have been lit in > the West, making the transition from darkness to the > bright light of > Vedic culture less shocking to the world, the focus > on growth is going > to India, where the plan is to restore Vedic > culture: > > In his press conference of 13Apr2005 at mou.org, > Maharishi said > that "As Indian national consciousness rises in > coherence -- which is > the basis of invincibility for the nation�then world > consciousness will > rise in coherence �which is the basis of permanent > world peace...One > sun rises, but its innumerable rays spread light > everywhere...So it's > natural for the influence of coherence to spread > from India to the > whole world." > > If you are incapable of accepting MMY's statement > that going slow for > the TMO is the Divine Plan, then either you operate > at less than > ordinary human intelligence so that you are > incapable of understanding, > or you simply do not accept MMY's status as a yogi > capable of speaking > out the Divine Plan. > > > > > 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/
