Rick, if you e-mail Dick S. back, please tell him I send my best to him and anyone that's left from 24 years ago!
--- 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. > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
