--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What amazes me about this particular run-on piece of > rhetoric is that none of the True Believers who read > it seem to be standing up and saying, "Hey! Wait a > cotton-picking minute! Isn't this the exact OPPOSITE > message than the one you started the TM movement with?" > > The orginial message was one of self-sufficiency and > hope. Transcendence (enabled by TM) was all that was > necessary to realize one's enlightenment. The prac- > titioner didn't need to believe in anything or anyone > to realize enlightenment. He didn't *need* anyone or > anything to realize enlightenment. One simply trans- > cended, contacted infinity within himself, and over > time came to live that infinity as an all-time reality. > In this model, your environment and your diet and > your medical preferences had no power to "keep you" > from enlightenment, because the Way to enlightenment > was completely in your own hands, via meditation. (And > it should be stated that this original message has > proven TRUE for many people.)
...and it was a great message and should hold as true today as it did when he first came out with it. That's why I started TM. And that's the program -- the path -- I'm on today. All those that follow all this other stuff are, in my opinion, OFF the TM Program. > > The "new" message is one of constriction and dependence. > Basically, what is being said is that the thing that > enables or defeats your ability to realize enlightenment > is your home builder. If you live in a "bad," unapproved > building, you'd best forget about enlightenment. Only if > you live in one of *our* "approved" buildings do you have > a shot at the Big E. > > Not only is it ludicrous, not only is it against every > teaching ever offered by every realized master in the > history of the world, not only is it patently impractical > and unachievable, but it is ALSO (IMO) *criminal* in its > suggestion of *dependence*. The enlightenment of the > world is being described as *dependent* on the actions > of those in the TM movement. The poor, huddled, unen- > lightened masses are basically going to stay that way > unless the enlightened elite of the TMO have their way > and rebuild the world in a proper vastu configuration. > > It's Ego Incarnate. I can understand how those who have > submerged their egos into the TMO ego might actually > *like* thinking of themselves as This Important. But don't > ANY of them have memories? Don't ANY of them have the > ability to remember back to the original message of TM > and liberation by the individual, for the individual, > of the individual, with no dependencies except the > willingness to meditate regularly? Don't ANY of them > remember the simplicity and the intuitive appeal of > the original message? Have ALL of the TBs gone as > crazy as Maharishi has? > > > --- In [email protected], Ron F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Global Country of World Peace Maharishi Celebrates 50 Years of His > Spiritual Regeneration Movement Launches Global Reconstruction > Program to Create Permanent World Peace Builders, Developers, > Financiers Invited to Construct Ideal Vastu Colonies Surrounding > Every Major City His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who 50 years > ago founded his worldwide Spiritual Regeneration Movement, this week > launched a program for the reconstruction of the entire > world. "Everywhere, we find that people are not living in buildings > constructed in conformity with Natural Law. As a result, people > suffer and experience negativity of so many kinds, not knowing that > the design of their home is the cause of their suffering. "Unless > everyone begins to live and work in buildings constructed with > proper Vastuutilising Sthapatya Veda, the Vedic knowledge of > architecture in harmony with Natural Lawworld peace will always > remain a big question mark," Maharishi said. To correct the wrong > that has prevailed for > > centuries, Maharishi's Global Reconstruction Program for > Permanent World Peace is now being initiated in every big city of > the world. Maharishi has issued a strong appeal to builders, > developers, and financiers in every country to join this programme > and start constructing homes, offices, schools, hospitals, and > factories in accord with Natural Law. "Everyone will naturally > desire to live and work in these fortune-promoting and peace- > creating buildings," Maharishi said. The first stage of Maharishi's > program of global reconstruction is now getting underway with plans > to construct ideal Vastu Peace Colonies of a few hundred acres each > in the north, south, east, and west of every major city. Golden > Jubilee "Guru Purnima" celebrations Maharishi launched this historic > initiative during his Golden Jubilee "Guru Purnima" conference which > began on 21 July and is still continuing. Presiding over the > conference is His Majesty Maharaja Nader Raam, First Ruler of the > Global Country of World > > Peace, along with his 22 Rajas (Administrators) and eight Cabinet > Ministers. Over 1500 leaders of Maharishi's Movement from 58 > countries are attending the conference at the Capital of the Global > Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland. Guru Purnima is celebrated > every year on the full-moon day in July in honour of the eternal > tradition of Vedic masters who have safeguarded in its completeness > and purity the knowledge of Total Natural Lawthe Veda, the > Constitution of the Universewhich administers the universe with > perfect order. The safest approach to world peace is through Natural > Law Maharishi explained that for peace to be permanent in the world, > every country has to be integrated and invincible, and its citizens > have to be healthy, wealthy, and wise. "The Global Country of World > Peace has developed a program to establish permanent world peace, > which fulfils the requirement of both nations and individuals," > Maharishi said. "For this, our main principle is to follow the > > evolutionary path of Total Natural Law. With the availability of > fortune-promoting and peace-creating Vastu housing, and the > development of higher states of consciousness through the practice > of Transcendental Meditation, its advanced techniques, and Yogic > Flying, we will create world peace very quickly." Scientific > research verifies the efficacy of the programs of the Global Country > of World Peace Scientific research has verified the efficacy of the > programs of the Global Country of World Peace to create a healthy > and peaceful life. The benefits of the programs have been confirmed > by over 600 scientific research studies, conducted at more than 250 > universities and research institutes in 30 countries, and published > in more than 100 research journals. These papers have been reprinted > from the journals in seven volumes of Collected Papers (over 6,000 > pages). Parliaments of Builder to Reconstruct the World Maharishi > announced that Parliaments of Builders to Reconstruct the World are > > now being formed in every country. The Parliaments of Builders > are being established on four levelscity, provincial, national, and > global"to quickly achieve the laudable goals of healthy life and > world peace," Maharishi said. A wide gate of peace, prosperity, and > happiness for everyone "Through the knowledge of the Vedathe > Constitution of the Universe, the Light of Godwe have successfully > put together modern science, ancient Vedic science, and the pursuit > of God realization from all religions, ancient and modern," > Maharishi said. "We feel humble. Our desire is to open a wide gate > of peace, prosperity, and happiness to everyone in our dear world > through our reconstruction program, along with our programs in > education, health, agriculture, and management." 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