--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I've been thinking about this vastu thang, and what > > I've come up with is that it's a dying man's attempt > > to give to the students who will outlive him what > > he's always enjoyed while living -- a perfect excuse > > for never having to follow through on one's dreams > > and promises and pronouncements. > > > > The problem with realizable goals is that they're > > realizable, so if they aren't achieved, the person > > or persons who proposed the goals have to deal with > > the possibility that the failure to realize the goal > > was their fault. > > > > The benefit of having an *unrealizable* goal is that > > you never have to worry about any of that amsll shit. > > You just dedicate your life to a goal that, almost > > by definition, can never be realized because the > > real world is simply not going to go for it. Then > > it's the WORLD's fault when it isn't realized. > > > > In a way, "rebuild the entire world as vastu" is > > kinda Maharishi's "Boddhisattva Vow." It's just some- > > thing to keep the True Believers occupied once he's > > gone, so that they don't ever have to deal with > > living life one day at a time and setting realizable > > goals and accomplishing some of them and not accom- > > plishing others. It's a *marvelous* way of avoiding > > real life and living one's life in the enduring bliss > > of fantasy. He's trying to give his True Believer > > students the ability to live the rest of their lives > > the way he's lived his. > > To a certain extent, that is true. However, having unobtainable long- > term goals doesn't prevent one from having obtainable short-term > goals as well...
In essence, what MMY has done is hedge his bets. His organization IS going to create the groups of 8,000 and 40,000 if at all possible, but he's warning that there is no guarantee that this will be enough to achieve permanent world peace --that more must be done. He's leaving the TMO an out if the Maharishi Effect doesn't work as predicted, in other words. ------------------------ 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/
