Nice letter- good for them. Fits in well with my 'CASE' theory about the Movement; Craziness, Abandonment or Supreme Enlightenment...
--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (From a friend on Purusha) > > Dear Friends, > > As you may know, Purusha was invited at the 11th hour (23rd hour > European-style) to attend the Guru Purnima festivities, so we packed up and > took off with a few hours' notice. Crazy to be sure, but worth it. This has > been truly a remarkable time. > > There were about 2000 attendees (about half still here) from forty- some > countries, including many old friends that I had not seen in 25 years or > more. MERU is not normally set up for such huge numbers, but all our Meeting > halls, dining halls, and such were/are in huge tent-like pavillions -- very > comfortable and well-appointed, if occasionally a little bouncy underfoot. > Many have been staying in hotels scattered all over the area in Holland and > Germany, coming in each day by bus and car, but Purusha ended up in a > holiday camp just ten minutes drive away. We were staying in threes in what > they call caravans, rather cramped crosses between trailor and camper, but > are temporarily in motels and soon to move into rather more spacious and > comfortable bungalos. > > The food has been catered by Lufthansa and a couple of other companies, with > professional German serving crews (consisting mostly of college- age girls > who are mostly startlingly blond and happily much too young for most of us) > setting up our dining room like we were real people, with cloth napkins > folded into little hats, water goblets at the table, and all kinds of other > nice touches we'll have to pass on to our volunteer staff (Ha Ha Ha!). I'm > perhaps eating a little richer than I would like, but gradually learning > that I don't have to eat everything that is served. Maybe when Sat Yuga is > fully established... > > It's been an amazing family reunion and very blissful, but the main purpose, > obviously, was/is to welcome Sat Yuga and at the same time establish the > world movement on a new and stronger footing in every way -- organizational > restructuring, plans, implementation steps, etc. > > First, the Raja program is clearly very real and very powerful. Everyone > that sees and interacts with (now Maha)raja Nader Ram says that he is not > just the old Tony Nader but is definitely all wholeness in his nature, > deeply grounded in cosmic Intelligence. He doesn't talk much in the > assemblies, but when he does, it is always very profound and exactly right, > setting the tone and direction for what follows. The other Rajas, too, are > deeper, more confident and grounded than they ever were before. It's a > pleasure to hear them planning and discussing together for the world -- a > very good balance of unbounded optimism and sober practicality. Much of > their preparation was the usual rounding and delving into experiences, but > the coup de grace is in the week-long inauguration, sitting through the > various abhishek recitations for kingship. It truly seems to change them. > And then, of course, Bevan and John and crew as ministers are always there > to keep affairs rolling along. > > And here are some of the plans in development: > > * First and foremost, every recertified Governor, Raja, National Leader, and > other movement person worth his/her salt is actively recruiting builders to > participate in the Global Reconstruction program. This means finding at > least one major builder nationally and one for each state who will sign on > at Maharishi's terms to putting up Marble Peace Colonies (housing > developments of vastu residences), Peace Palaces, hospitals, schools, or > whatever is in line with Sthapatya Veda. The builders find the land and > locate the funding, build according to our requirements, and then take 1/3 > of the profit while the International Peace Government gets another third > and the National Peace Government the rest. And the amazing thing is that > it's happening, and everywhere! It turns out that builders now really take > to the idea as the latest direction in building and want to be involved. > It's just astounding. > > * A second major push is to expand the pilot projects in Vedic agriculture > to a global scale. The 1-acre greenhouse in Vedic City, even in its first > year, yielded $200,000 in revenues, and will easily double that in the next > year or two, and demand in the US market is such that they can sell as much > produce as they can produce. The Brazilian Maharishi Vedic Organic Honey > project is also going very well. A Japanese firm that specializes in testing > honey and other fine products said that this is the best honey, in terms of > nutrients, anti-oxidents, and their own measure of orderliness, that they > have ever tested. The upshot is that market experts like Harris Kaplan and > Rajas Bob LoPinto and Bob Wynne have been hatching a huge roll-out plan to > fund Vedic organic agriculture projects on millions of hectares world-wide, > both to provide highest quality food and to fund coherence- creating groups > everywhere. The interesting thing again is that it not only looks possible, > but is positively attractive to underwriters and investors. > > * Speaking of Brazil, a young Vice-Chancellor of a major university in Bela > Horizonte has been here for some time. He has completely grasped the > transforming significance of Maharishi's programs and is ready to implement > them on a broad scale in his own university (15,000 students) and throughout > the area. He wants all his students to learn TM and also wants to set up a > University of World Peace as part of his operation to implement the full > consciousness-based education program. He also plans to lobby the government > officials to get behind Sthapatya Veda and the Vedic Approach to Health. > Very dynamic, clear, entrepreneurial individual. > > * Finally, Bobby Roth and his media team at MUM (Mario Orsatti, Ken Chawkin, > etc.) have found a level of receptivity, positivity, and active interest in > our programs that is unprecedented, even in the roaring 1970's. We have been > getting coverage that you would have to pay $2 million for if doing it as an > ad. The media not only write about Maharishi's programs, but are doing it in > more and more positive terms, often writing better copy than we could do > ourselves. So it does seem that a major transition is taking place in > consciousness, and I for one am willing to call it the onset of Sat Yuga. > > Throughout all this, Purusha has primarily been doing regular program > (unlike everyone else, who have been going to marathon meetings) to maintain > a coherent atmosphere so that everyone else can be successful. Maharishi > said that our presence has made him feel very strong and has done much to > account for the progress toward Sat Yuga, and he has been so pleased with > the influence that he would like us to remain for "a long, long time." > Hence, he plans to build modular units for about 200 of us over the next 2-3 > months. This could actually happen, by the way, assuming the authorities > approve the project. We probably have more experienced architects and > builders per capita here than anywhere outside an architectural convention. > > Meanwhile, the clock is still ticking in North Carolina. Some have already > cleared out everything they want and so will stay here. Others of us need to > go back to pick up things we want for the long haul and store the rest. I > put in to go back on one of the first cheap flights and stay for about 6 > weeks, to help with all the collective Purusha things that need to be dealt > with. So depending on what our travel guys can find, I should be back in a > week or so and will have access to my emails on a more regular basis then. > (Till then, no giant attachments please!) > > So that's it. Time to find a plug-in place and send this out to y'all. May > the growing and glowing light of Sat Yuga illuminate even the last faint > shadows of ancient karmas in our realm and bring you only more sweetness > (but without excess calories). > > Jai Guru Dev > > Dick To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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