--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 7/15/05 4:37 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Local paper, The Fairfield Ledger asks tough editorial questions: > >> "The larger question, though, is whether Amma's popularity in the > >> Fairfield meditating community is a symptom of problems with in the > > TM > >> movement itself." > >> > >> In a shift of editorial policy, there's quite an editorial > > questioning > >> the the health and policy of the TMO in Thursday's Ledger. Using the > >> Ammachi visit to contrast with the policy and airs of the TMO the > >> Ledger probes and makes some tough comparisons. > >> > >> <snips> "Amma's humanitarian efforts- - contrast just as sharply > >> with the TM movement's fundraising campaigns > > > > > > Seems to me Maharishi has brought education to millions. And is > > attempting to create schools and universities all over India, for all > > indians and for free. Only education can really help people, not food > > handouts and hugs. > > You can't study on an empty stomach. >>>
They get food at the schools you dope. <<Amma has an extensive educational > network too. The question is, which organization gets the most mileage out > of a donated dollar, and why?. Amma brings a lot less foreign money into > India than the TMO, yet seems to accomplish much more. Reliable on- the-scene > sources have told me that a lot of the money (maybe 40%) the TMO brings into > India is misappropriated. Not so with Amma's organization. >>> She's new to the scene compared to Maharishi. She will have her kings and tallest buidings if she ever gets remotely as far down the road as Maharishi did. Not that she will because there is no published scientific research on anything she does (as opposed to 100's on TM since 1970) and therefore it all falls into the realm of cult myth. Maharishi has insisted on scientific research, unlike Pundiji and Amma. Look at the list of famous people who learned TM. Its incredible really. (I am still trying to find out if we have to add Bill Gates to that list, then I will post the list on FFL.) Good luck to Amma (as a woman in such a patriarchal society with no connection to the Vedic Shakaracharyas she will need a true miracle to make a dent) but to compare her to Maharishi and try to criticize Maharishi by comparison is ridiculous and laughable. Try to compare her to Mother Theresa, that seems like a more appropriate comparison, but I doubt she is remotely in the same league as her. Sorry I don't mean to put her down, but to put her up so high for no reason is not going to be accepted by society and she will be forgotton like others. Maharishi will still be here, and if not, his legacy will be astounding. What few here seem to realise is that when you watch a master chess player you don't understand all the moves and some of them seem darn right foolhardy, but this is much more complex than a chess game, Maharishi is 10,000 moves ahead of anyone else on the planet. Remember that Beatles album cover for Magical Mystery Tour. Everone is in a race....and Maharishi is shown way out in front...by far. 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/
