--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Following is a series of posts made by John Knapp > (taskcentered) on alt.meditation.transcendental > in June 1996 (a year after he claims he began > "writing about reforming TM"). Ellipses are mine; > I took out some extraneous background material > about TM, MMY, and the TMO. I'll be happy to > provide links to the original posts if anybody's > interested. > > > TRANCENET ALET: MAHARISHI PREDICTS GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL WAR > John M. Knapp
> In a recent world-wide conference call, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > predicted imminent biologic and genetic warfare on a global scale > will break out between the major industrialized countries within > weeks.... > According to attendants of the closed conference call in Fairfield, > Iowa, on or about May 27, the Maharishi claimed, "If we don't act > today, there may not be a tomorrow." He spoke of the horrific > impact > of genetic and biological weapons that he believed will be released > in a devastating global war within weeks. > > > > According to conference call attendees, the Maharishi has called for > an emergency "Maharishi Vedic University Project" to avert the > apocalypse he sees coming. The "Project" apparently consists of > gathering teams of 50 to 100 Transcendental Meditation governors who > are traveling to Central American and other Third World countries to > found branches of Maharishi Vedic University. The Maharishi claimed > that this project could avert the coming disaster, although he > apparently gave no details of how this might be accomplished. > > Kathy Brooks, of the office of the president at Maharishi University > of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, confirmed that the TM movement is > organizing a "Maharishi Vedic University Project" on an emergency > basis, but declined to give any details. "All information is > available from your local Maharishi Vedic University on a need-to- > know basis only. Maharishi has special instructions for each local > community and isn't encouraging communities to share details." > "You must do something about the danger in the U.S. first. If genetic > and biological warfare break out, it will be the responsibility of > the governors and meditators in the U.S.," he is reported to have > threatened via intercontinental hookup. "Only if teams of governors > establish Maharishi Vedic University campuses throughout the Third > World can this disaster be averted."... So Judy, are you saying that MMY *didn't* make these claims about an upcoming war? Because if true it's another instance of MMY talking complete nonsense. Averting dangers before they arise is a major money spinner for the TMO.
