>From the new book by Keith Wallace, printed in the MUM Review: As part of the book's afterword, Dr. Morris tells the following story:
"I remember a story that was told long ago about a sage. It is the story of a scorpion that goes into the Ganges and starts to drown, and then the sage saves the scorpion and the scorpion stings the sage. Then the scorpion goes back into the water and starts to drown again. Again, the sage goes and rescues the scorpion, and the scorpion stings. After a few times like this, the people looking on are saying, 'What kind of man is this?' And they ask him, 'Why do you keep doing this, when the scorpion keeps stinging?' And the sage says, 'It is the scorpion's nature to sting, but it is my nature to save.' "I think that this is just the story of Maharishi in the midst of this age, which in India is called Kali Yuga, a time of darkness, violence, stress, and strain that has been going on these last 5,000 years or so. We see the violence in the world � we see people like tigers pouncing � and there is no point in our trying to persuade them not to be tigers, because that is their nature. "But what Maharishi offers to those in this world who have a peaceful heart, who have a peaceful wish for the human race, is that they just take up this knowledge, and put it in their schools and colleges and universities for the children to rise in peace. The result will be that all of this violent nature that exists in the world will simply disappear. It will just quietly evaporate before our eyes. This is the chance that is before us today � to change the destiny of our human race." 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/
