When I was in school, public school, I remember they read a passage from the Bible, sometimes in the morning; I rather enjoyed that moment of spiritual reflection, even as a child. I suppose, they would have found TM to be a religion, as has been said, no matter how it had been presented. Now, our culture, has become so anti-spiritual anything, that the separation of church and state issue, has in a way undermined the right to even have a moment of silence, in school, which is currently being debated. The one thing that is missing in the schools, in our culture, and in our world, is Silence. If you call a process of gaining silence a religion, and ban it from school or any other place, what you end up with is chaos. Then chaos becomes the preferred religion, of our time.
> > > > > > > > > > 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/
