"Dedicated millenarians -inspired by their intense emotional commitment to goals they view as cosmically important and by their "true believer" millenarian rhetoric- often seek to assist the divine process of transformation in which they believe they are participating by taking matters into their own hands rather than passively waiting for God to inaugurate His kingdom on earth. Initially, such movements may engage in relatively quiet and largely non-confrontational efforts to withdraw from what they view as the wicked world around them, in order to try to create purer, more communally cohesive groups in preparation for the anticipated millennial kingdom." -Lawrence Foster, Journal of the Communal Studies Association vol31:1,2011
> > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Domes > are we millennialists? > > > > > > This is us? > "Millennial religious and communal movements typically anticipate the > imminent and literal end of what they view as a profoundly wicked, corrupt > existing world order and its replacement by a glorious "new heaven and new > earth," in which "the first shall be last and the last first, " Describing > millennial groups this way implies that they must be inherently > "revolutionary" in their underlying goals and their impact upon the larger > social order that they criticize so harshly" > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Oh, oh......you just confirmed to Buck (and no doubt Tex) that >you're > > > > in on it too Rick. > > > > > > > > > > Rick, in meditator typology? Naw, i know Rick, he's one of them > > > progressive maoist meditators. Like Hagelin. > > > > > > As in: "...those who envision a gradually improving world (progressive > > > millennialists--Shakers, some Marxists, many mainline Christian > > > denominations, etc.). Your perfectionists fall within progressive > > > millennialism, in this typology. <snip> > > > Viewed broadly, TM and Maoism share a few certain characteristics as > > > millennial movements. Of course, they diverge widely in theory, methods, > > > and understanding of human nature. Maoism is significantly different on > > > the violence meter, as well, but shares the TM movement's longing for > > > (and expectation of) a perfect world." > > > > > > In progressive millenial perfectionism to the end > > > Jai Adi Shankara, > > > -Buck > > > > > >
