Perhaps they ran out of *carob cake* and had to limit the audience somehow. Dumb PR move.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > Ditto, Susan. Although I wouldn't want to endorse it, I > can sort of grasp the rationale for not letting folks > who might conceivably be a risk for using non-MMY > techniques to participate in program in the domes. > > But MMY's birthday celebration is not a matter of doing > program, so what conceivable rationale could there be > for allowing in only TM-Sidhis practitioners, and only > those who have a dome badge at that? What's the perceived > risk for including others? > > And gee whiz, wouldn't you think it would be considered > desirable to have maximum participation in an event that > presumably encourages and reinforces devotion to MMY? > Wouldn't having one's devotion to him refreshed by such > an event tend to reduce any impulse to see other saints? > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > Doug, I am really sorry you could not attend Maharishi's Birthday event in > > the Dome. I think you hit upon the way for the Raja's to extricate > > themselves form the problem they face (ie not letting people who have seen > > other saints in the Dome, and yet wanting to include everyone in certain > > celebrations). Certain events should be Meditator events - because > > meditators learned TM without being told the other saints rule. SO > > everyone could attend, regardless. > > > > So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to > > everyone. WIsh you could have gone. > > > > Having said this, I think it is rather interesting that your next post is > > about viewing Braco! Whether watching Braco online qualifies as "seeing > > other saints" I do not know. Someday they may ask you to bring your > > computer before you can get a Dome Badge and do some checks about where > > you have on the Internet!!! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > It is interesting that the President's Office here is nursing this legacy > > > of theirs still, that they can't just host a meditator's celebration. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > yep, not open or welcome to them neither. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I got neighbors down the road here who were with Maharishi in > > > > > California in the early 60's on courses with him too all along. 50 > > > > > years meditators and they can't go to movement celebrations for lack > > > > > of a program badge neither. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup, a bunch of my meditation courses were led by Maharishi > > > > > > himself. My relationship to him goes back a ways that way. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was 17 when I was first on a course with Maharishi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yep, I'm an old long-time Iowa meditator an not included no > > > > > > > > more for lack of a badge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "futur.musik" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <futur.musik@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which provides millions with a technique for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > realization. Happy (belated) Birthday to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you again for the life changing techniques > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of TM and TMSP, and the engineering ability to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > take this fragile technique and spread it world > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wide. Jai Maharishi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jai Maharishi ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I should have liked to have gone to the > > > > > > > > > > > > > celebration here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Everyone is warmly invited to enjoy a glorious > > > > > > > > > > > > celebration of our Movement's Founder" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome > > > > > > > > > > of Pure Knowledge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please bring your program badge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, one of the earliest to have learnt TM in Iowa and I > > > > > > > > > canst go to Maharishi's birthday celebration for lack of a > > > > > > > > > badge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
