--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Maharishi Effect is simply a statement from the New Testament and is not new to Maharishi: > > Matthew 18:19-20 > > 19"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." >
Sure. Its also from the Yoga Sutras, I think: In the vicinity of Yoga, violent tendencies are elminated. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TurquoiseB > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 8:35 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi effect (was Re: Unprecedented Nature Support?) > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The ME studies are NEVER going to convince anyone > > of anything. Period. > > Since I'm stuck at home waiting for a phone call, > I'll revise that statement above. There is one > thing that could "prove" or "disprove" the ME to > many people's satisfaction. And it has been within > the TM organization's grasp to do this ever since > the idea of the ME was announced. > > As the Nike slogan says, "Just do it." > > If Maharishi *really* believed that getting a certain > number of butt-bouncers together would create a veri- > fiable period of world peace, he could have done it > long ago. His organization has the money. It has > *always* had the money. > > Ten or fifteen years ago, when he still had a sizable > pool of True Believers to draw up, he could have set > up a six-month course and paid for everything himself > and said, "Look, guys...let's show the world that this > idea really works. What I'd like you to do is take a > leave of absence from your jobs and devote six months > to doing this, so that we *can* generate the effects > that the ME should produce. After that demonstration, > the world will *have* to believe it." > > But it didn't happen. The opposite happened. Every > prospective just-around-the-corner opportunity to > "prove" the ME has somehow fallen through. And each > failure has always been blamed on Somebody Else. It > continues today. How many pundits are in Fairfield? > "It's not *our* fault...the guvmint just won't give > them visas." Yeah, right. > > The trend is clear. There has never been a large-scale > attempt to prove the ME true because Maharishi has > never wanted there to be one. What he's wanted he got, > an eternal carrot waving on a stick, the purpose of > which was to generate capital. The *last* thing he > wants is to put the idea to a real test. > > Call me cynical, but that's certainly how it looks to > me. I don't think he's ever believed for an instant > that the ME would do what he says it will. And the > "delays" are *because* he doesn't believe it, and > because he doesn't want it put to the test during > his lifetime. > > TM rocks. I honestly believe that if enough people > started meditating, as was the original World Plan, > it would have many of the originally-predicted results. > But the ME? Give me a break. It's a fund-raising > device, nothing more. Always has been, always will be. > > Unc > > > > > > > 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 > > a.. Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 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/
