Greetings TMers and friends: The following message was posted today to the usenet group misc.legal. It will also go out to alt.meditation.transcendental, and perhaps elsewhere. It may have interest for TM meditators, as the proposal it refers to specifically recommends Maharishi's TM and TM-Sidhi programs as effective techniques for spiritual or mind-body development. I'm a long-time meditator and sidha, but I'm not a movement "insider", and I haven't sought approval for this effort from Maharishi or the new corps of Rajas. I have, hovever, sent the proposal to some active TM governors and sidha friends. If there are any politically active meditators in this group, especially those involved in community outreach, and most especially if you're a meditating lawyer, I'd very much welcome your comments or suggestions. I'm looking to identify that ideal location (in the U.S., but maybe elsewhere), where something like this might get off the ground.
If you post follow-ups to this here, you might also want to e-mail them to me, as I'm not able to read this group as often as I'd like. Regards Alex ----------------- text of posted message follows ----------------- Community Conscience Advocacy Livable Communities, Bottom-up Government and Responsible Civic Action A Proposal and a New Paradigm Hello Friends, I'd like to invite you to examine a new website that may be of interest to readers of this group. The evolution of political thinking has brought us to a point where people are recognizing that the age is calling for a new social paradigm, but the question seems to be, how do we get there from here? Moreover, scholars in the fields of law and government, economics and social science are forming their theories, but few, if any, seem to be taking concrete action. At the grass roots, on the streets and in the neighborhoods, these guys are invisible. No one is taking a hands-on, leadership role in our communities and municipalities - not in the U.S. they're not. We simply don't have the best and brightest leading us in government, at any level, from local to national. Furthermore, in most cases there is a key ingredient missing from their theories: spirituality. Spirituality is a term that is widely misused and misunderstood. So misused in fact, that smart people avoid dealing with it at all. Though there have been points of light here and there throughout history, the depth of ignorance in the spiritual field has been so profound for so long, and the abuses by groups who claim some spiritual connection have been so terrible, that people are rightly hesitant about venturing into this area. In particular, we shy away from relating spirituality to law and government, because even today there are politicians who talk about doing "God's work" and so forth, but who are very, very confused about what they're saying in this regard. If there are any enlightened lawyers out there, it's you folks that I was hoping to connect with. The plan I've come up with aims to raise our legal and judicial system out of the quagmire it's in. Not with new legislation, nor by electing new politicians, or appointing new judges, but with a totally different approach. You can read the details online. There is a proposal outlined at this website: http://www.CommunityConscienceAdvocate.org It includes a case study that might be of particular interest to students of criminal law. It also contains an ecological aspect that I believe is enough out of the ordinary to merit the attention of folks involved with the environment and environmental policy. I'm proposing this plan to municipal leaders in parts of the U.S. where there might be openness to something new; where the degree of enlightenment might be a notch or two higher than the average American city. Since I live in the D.C. area, I've also sent this out to some local politicians, judges, government officials, university professors and environmental activists in greater Washington. Please check this out and feel free to send your suggestions or comments. I would be especially interested in suggestions about cities, towns or communities where a plan like this might have a chance of succeeding. Regards -Al Gabis Camp Springs and Aspen Hill, Maryland, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove the [Q],[N] to send e-mail) 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/
