I didn't see the video yet (I assume it will soon be available on the web to see for those, like me, that missed it?) but on a cursory reading of the text in the link you provided below, Doug, I have to disagree with you when you say "It is very impressive and could seem, entirely virtuous and unassailable" and "Sounds quite credible the way it is given. It was a good re-start of the TMmovement, before Maharishi dies."
Why do I disagree with your assessment, even though I haven't yet seen the video? Because of the propaganda line "...world-renowned quantum physicist Dr. John Hagelin..." Is it just me or have others FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS cringed whenever the TMO uses expressions like "world-renowned"? Is this not the classic definition of "hubris"? First off, Hagelin is NOT "world-renowned". He is renowned in only two geographic locations on God's Green Earth and two locations only: Fairfield, Iowa and Vladivostock, Holland (or whatever that place is called). Secondly, even if he WAS world-renowned, please don't TELL me that he is world-renowned because, by definition, someone who is world- renowned is renowned everywhere and, therefore, doesn't need a description of it attached to his name. It's like continually referring to the "sky" as "the blue sky above our heads". I know it's blue and I know it's above my head by virtue of it being both blue and above my head. People that are truly world-renowned don't need it to be announced every five seconds unless they truly are NOT world-renowned. Sorry, this is NOT an auspicious "new beginning" but yet more of the same old, same old (bullshit, that is). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You did not make the meeting last night? I did. > > Was a one hour vid tape of John Hagelin giving foundational principle > material of the TMmovement now. Was entirely comprehensive in an > hour. > > > Was impassioned conclusive science. Science applied to everything. > Both strident and courageous. > > If only half of it is true, then it is mighty important & relevant. > > For as we have learned nothing else from discussion in > Fairfield, "The future for the 21st century is research published in > respected peer-reviewed scientific journals. Period. > Get used to it". > > This 'peer-review as reputable' is built central and driven as his > line of thought. > > Also developed as central to his argument are the meta-studies that > TM is unique and stands out. Right behind that is trademark and > proprietorship. The hard pitch then is for wanting government money > for the TMmovement is there as conclusion. Consequently it seems is > still all about spreading these ideas as a veneer to the moneying of > the TMmovement. > > > In step this is all rallying. Hagelin has been given the American > movement and this week-long daily presentation is the assembly of his > administration. He (they) is (are) moving forward based on this > secular version of their knowledge. Firmly given in the way that > Hagelin can do it, this coalesces all the institutions of the movment > and unifies the arms of the organization. > > In straight shot video form it is not about Hagelin or Maharishi but > is more about the material given in this format. It is very > impressive and could seem, entirely virtuous and unassailable. > > Of course Hagelin's and Maharishi's personal credibility was hard > attacked last week and before all over the internet but this starting > movement as staged is just about, what Hagelin is saying. In this > straight-shot video format as spokesperson, he is removed from the > material as such. It is a good move to do it this way. It is about > what he is saying. He used and propelled the words `judgment' > and `moral reasoning' a lot as indicators of the growing benefit of > the practice. Sounds quite credible the way it is given. > > It was a good re-start of the TMmovement, before Maharishi dies. > > Jai Guru Dev, > -Doug in FF > > > < > > Conference Starts on Monday 7:30pm at MSAE auditorium in Fairfield. > > The Unified Field, according to modern physics, is the deepest, most > powerful level of Nature's functioning—and the source of the infinite > creativity and intelligence within every individual and displayed > throughout the universe. > > > http://www.america.unifiedfieldconferences.org/ > > A unique new 12-part videotaped conference series will be launched on > February 4, 2008, in cities throughout the United States and around > the > world. > > The conference videotapes will be presented over 12 consecutive days, > from Monday, February 4, to Friday, February 15. > > The public is invited to attend all conferences. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > The unified field, a construct of physics, and the > > > experience of pure consciousness are not the same. > > > This analogy, which as an analogy worked fine, has now > > > become literal. > > > > Yes, it's the experience and a way of saying it anyway. It is just > > Transcendentalism, said another way. It's your experience too? > Not > > a lot new other than the way of saying it, and their trying to > > trademark it. > > > > And, > > > > "The future for the 21st century is research published in respected > > peer-reviewed scientific journals. Period. > > Get used to it." > > > > > > > > --- dhamiltony2k5 <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > Conference Starts on Monday 7:30pm at MSAE > > > > auditorium in Fairfield. > > > > > > > > The Unified Field, according to modern physics, is > > > > the deepest, most > > > > powerful level of Nature's functioning—and the > > > > source of the infinite > > > > creativity and intelligence within every individual > > > > and displayed > > > > throughout the universe. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.america.unifiedfieldconferences.org/ > > > > > > > > A unique new 12-part videotaped conference series > > > > will be launched on > > > > February 4, 2008, in cities throughout the United > > > > States and around the > > > > world. > > > > > > > > The conference videotapes will be presented over 12 > > > > consecutive days, > > > > from Monday, February 4, to Friday, February 15. > > > > > > > > The public is invited to attend all conferences. > > > > > > > > > > > > > om >
