The immediate urgent priority for national and world peace is to join the Invincible America Course at MUM. Only 2000 Flyers, rising to 2500, in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the precarious escalation of conflict in the world.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yep, they simply need to 'de-link' seeing saints with getting in the > > > > domes. They can have their anti-saint policy but just don't link it to > > > > getting a valid dome badge as punishment. Choose to administrate TM > > > > governors and old teachers otherwise than by whipping them with the > > > > dome. It's just been completely counter-productive to the movement. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All the TM-Rajas need do is 'De-link'. > > > > > > > and do it Now! > > > > Before it gets really too late for the dome numbers! > > > > > > > > > > > The thing now that is too bad is that the TM-Rajas continue to choose > > > > > to link it this way as punishment. As a whip it just makes for bad > > > > > blood using the domes as punishment that has left a long bad stain > > > > > with people here. It's a challenge for the numbers. It eats at the > > > > > margins to the point where it is pretty small inside now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wayback71, you've got it with your last paragraph here. That is > > > > > > exactly where they got themselves with their anti-saint policy and > > > > > > the dome meditation numbers. Caught between a rock and a hard > > > > > > place in the fat man squeeze. & there is a fright that changing > > > > > > the old guidelines is the terrible precedent they don't want to > > > > > > open. Some of them are stuck fast holding on to the way it was. > > > > > > In consequence is how they are perceived and their dome meditation > > > > > > numbers together. Some of them are stuck in a way of getting out, > > > > > > for everyone. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here we are in time, and times change. > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In effect the linking of that anti-saint policy towards getting > > > > > > > > a dome badge as a punishment is completely antagonizing out in > > > > > > > > the larger meditating community. It goes back for years. > > > > > > > > Everyone knows or has heard of someone else whose badge is > > > > > > > > lifted for visiting saints while hundreds of others are still > > > > > > > > in the dome for the same thing anyway. The policy is without > > > > > > > > conscience as they use it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am only guessing, but I suspect that those who are in the Domes > > > > > > > and have visited saints have not told the TMO - hence their > > > > > > > continued entry to the Domes. Those who get badges revoked have > > > > > > > either told the truth to the powers that be in the TMO, been > > > > > > > spotted seeing saints, or been ratted on by someone. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the same policy that has been in effect for decades and > > > > > > > it was started and continued by Maharishi - not rajas, not Bevan, > > > > > > > not John H. To change the policy would mean that some people very > > > > > > > high up decide to "modify" Maharishi's direct orders. And as you > > > > > > > know, Maharishi was very very clear about this right from the > > > > > > > beginning. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, there could be a few ways to change all this - maybe They > > > > > > > (Bevan, Rajas etc) could admit to themselves that they need more > > > > > > > in the Dome, that Maharishi might not have meant for this > > > > > > > punishment to last for the remaining lifetime of people initiated > > > > > > > into TM, that many many TM teachers have in fact seen other > > > > > > > saints, and that there could be a way to forgive this "sin." It > > > > > > > could be a certain period of time since you last saw a saint > > > > > > > combined with a statement about when if ever you ever practiced > > > > > > > something other than pure TM. It could involve paying the TMO a > > > > > > > donation. Somehow They have to get to a point where this is > > > > > > > discussed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is strange is that when a person is instructed in TM, no one > > > > > > > ever ever says that from now on you cannot see a saint, get > > > > > > > darshan from a saint, try something else. That rule gets thrown > > > > > > > in later, and makes those who need to see a living saint in > > > > > > > person feel guilty. At the least, surely once a master has > > > > > > > passed on, his disciples should be given leeway to be in the > > > > > > > presence of Enlightened people, even of another tradition. And > > > > > > > they shuld be trusted to kow waht is best for themselves. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I fully understand the the domes should be for doing TM and > > > > > > > siddhis only. I personally cannot believe that Maharishi meant > > > > > > > for this exclusion to last a lifetime. Hopefully, so do the > > > > > > > higher ups. Maybe they are afraid to make thi change, because it > > > > > > > could lead to others? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The challenge now for sustaining the dome numbers is that the > > > > > > > > > conservative movement still uses their anti-saint policy as a > > > > > > > > > loyalty test and to punish people by with-holding valid Dome > > > > > > > > > badges to the group meditation. They are still actively > > > > > > > > > linking the anti-saint policy as discipline towards getting a > > > > > > > > > current dome badge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, there is a push on right now with the recent > > > > > > > > > > 'draw-down' of pundits going back to India. The draw-down > > > > > > > > > > recently left a hole in the aggregate numbers meditating > > > > > > > > > > here as those numbers are calculated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The pundits came in brigades of one or two hundred > > > > > > > > > > staggered over time. Their visas are good for a limited > > > > > > > > > > time period. Some groups of pundits have recently > > > > > > > > > > completed their deployment here, have returned to India and > > > > > > > > > > they have not been replaced by others. Hence the push to > > > > > > > > > > have the locals fill the breech in now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Judy. > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > > > > > > > > > > <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" > > > > > > > > > > > > <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, good observation. There has already long > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > separation. 'To be or not to be' is the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > linkage between > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > going to be with saints and valid dome badges. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The numbers all show that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > previous Monday morning. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's 316 extra! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > previous Monday afternoon. That's 387 extra! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what is it that is causing the increase in Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > numbers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have they relaxed their badge policiy, are more Ffld > > > > > > > > > > > > > people > > > > > > > > > > > > > simply making the effort , lots of visitors in town, > > > > > > > > > > > > > what? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nabby and Susan, see: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/295032 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seems like there's a drive to get lots of people in the > > > > > > > > > > > > Domes on Mondays. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And it was over 2,000 in the afternoon of Monday the 7th > > > > > > > > > > > > *with* pundits and "special groups," whatever those are. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >