--- In [email protected], "guyfawkes91" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There seems to be quite a lot of head whirling going on over M's > support for a lot of extremely nasty dictators. The simple fact is > that M seemed to use one criterion only for supporting a head of > state, "do they support us?". In Mugabe's cases he had promised land > for a new meditation center, probably thinking it was a tourist hotel > near Victoria Falls.
Like most dictators, Mugabe most likely believes that he is the only person that can save his country and people from suffering and political chaos. So, he is more receptive to any methods that can accelerate the improvement of his country--in particular the TMO's formula of success. However, there is a more pragmatic and devious motive to all of Mugabe's actions. It is obviously to maintain his power in the country for fear that he might be killed by his own people for violation of human rights and looting the government coffers for his own personal gain. Thus, we see the man to be driven with such lust to win the presidential election, even if it's obvious to everyone and the world that the entire process is a farce. Similarly with Marcoses in the Philippines, they > were searching for a way to control violent unrest and heard about how > the ME was supposed to help, so Imelda gave some support and we went > there and embarrassed the hell out of everyone, as we always do. (It > was a great 4 months though!) The same statements above can apply to the Marcoses. The Philippine government has been plagued by greedy politicians in the past and even today. It will take a very long time to eradicate the systemic corruption in the entire government. The country needs a metamorphosis in order to elevate its own level of consciousness. As such, the people can understand the self-defeating practices of graft and corruption in all levels of government and business affairs. IMO, all third world nations and developing countries have this difficult task of improving their society from the individual to the government level. Education is one key factor to teach the people. But it is not enough. The education must include a way to increase the collective level consciousness of the people. JR If Bush and Blair had offered to build a > peace palace somewhere then everything would have been forgiven and > they'd have been praised to the sky. Maharishi was never hot on > ethics, utility was always the be all and end all. Couple that with > the fact that authoritarian dictators can steal land from people and > give it away to some group that promises to relieve them of their > troubles and you've got a perfect partnership. The TMO promises to > subdue a restless population through the ME, and the dictator buys > into it because they're running out of bullets and friends. It looks > like a cheap way to stay in power, but of course it never is because > the ME doesn't work. > > The only reason these unpleasant people were ever supported was > because they had, or might have, or suggested that they might get > around to it someday, given some material help to the TMO. > > The motto of the TMO is "Utility before Ethics" >
