--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My advice to the independents is to keep alow profile > > until > > > > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to > > people? > > > > > > > > > > Well, duh. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful > > > > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices > > > > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone > > > > > to teach? I think you'd have to be an absolute > > > > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest > > > > > obstacle to people learning TM. > > > > > > > > > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change > > > > > anything is naive. The direction of the movement > > > > > is set. TM is passé. > > > > > > > > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect. > > > > Control is more important than than the benefits of the > > technique? > > > > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars? > > > > > > The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor. > > > Every new scheme requires more of them, and > > > emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less. > > > > > > The original message of spiritually regenerating > > > the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people > > > to meditate has clearly been superceded by the > > > message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down" > > > via Sthapatya-Veda. > > > > > > We never know how long the "latest and greatest" > > > Grand Scheme is going to last. > > > > > > Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace > > Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces > > throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, that's > > about $2-3 billion. > > > > I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the Vastu > > Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme. > > > > Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or so. > > > > Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand > > Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a > > year, no? > > > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head: > > > > Malls of America Grand Scheme > > > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme > > > > VedaLand Grand Scheme > > > > Can anyone add to the list? > > > > > > > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme. > > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme. > > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world Grand Scheme. > > > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be total failures, or do you > consider the above to be total failures as well?
Only the last one was a success. MIU was a failure...I'm not sure what vidya Mandir was... ------------------------ 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/
