--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Back in the '70s I remember MMY saying on a tape > (in > > > > > > reference to > > > > > > > setting up TM): "I could have made it a > religion"...well, > > > > > > somewhere > > > > > > > along the way -- somewhere in between 1975 and today -- > he > > > DID > > > > > > make > > > > > > > it a religion...and I'm not referring to TM but to the > > TMO. > > > > > > Anyone > > > > > > > > > > > > One of the most emotional speeches I heard while I was at > > MIU, > > > > > back > > > > > > around the time of the Court Case; where TM was being > taught > > > in > > > > > > several New Jersey schools with great success, and some > > > Christian > > > > > > Religious group from California, protested that you can't > > > teach > > > > TM > > > > > > in Public Schools, because it's a religion; > > > > > > The ultimately got the Puja, translated and proclaimed it > to > > > be a > > > > > > religion, in Court, in Philadelphia Superior Fed. Court; > and > > > it > > > > > was > > > > > > decided not to pursue the matter any further. > > > > > > Anyway, Jerry Jarvis, made a very angry speech, saying how > > > stupid > > > > > > were the "powers that be" and more or less said that they > had > > > > > > condemned the school system to failure, in the United > States, > > > > > which > > > > > > we can see has been fairly accurate. > > > > > > At that time, I could sense the attitude of the movement > > > shifting > > > > > > toward the stance that it has now; > > > > > > Instead of working with the established system, the > movement > > > > > regards > > > > > > the established system, whether it be educational, > spiritual, > > > > > > political, or economic as basically retarded. > > > > > > In this vain, the attitude is now, that the movement has > > > > > structured > > > > > > it's own reality, in a world that is quite insane, in > order > > to > > > > > stand > > > > > > out. > > > > > > Let's face it, in an enlightened world, who cares how > strange > > > the > > > > > > people in the movement seem to be, > > > > > > If they want to fly in the dome 24 hours a day, > > > > > > I say: "Go for It!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was also at MIU as a student at that time. I remember > > looking > > > at > > > > > the curriculum book that the TMO had set up for the New > Jersey > > > High > > > > > School students. Very beautiful book with beautiful > > photographs > > > of > > > > > sunsets etc. to demonstrate the power of C.I. etc. > > > > > > > > > > The only problem was that you could replace the > word "absolute" > > > > that > > > > > the Movement used in the book with the word "God" and it > would > > > have > > > > > meant exactly the same thing...so if the court didn't catch > the > > > TMO > > > > > on the puja they would have caught them on the book which > was > > > set > > > > up > > > > > in such a way that it DID violate the separation of church > and > > > > state. > > > > > > > > The court pretty much noted that. Infact, it wasn't the puja, > but > > > SCI > > > > that was the thing that caught the court's eye. > > > > > > > > > Well, then, you are confirming that my concerns were correct. > > > > > > Makes me wonder why, then, the movement would do such a thing. > > > > Testing the limits, I imagine. > > How about, simply, just plain fucking up?
that's the more obvious interpretation. My own guess is that MMY wanted too much too fast. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
