--- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > If TM and its ancillary programs are as powerful as you say, and if MMY was > enlightened, how could it fade away? >
Jack, In my experience with him Maharishi was illumined but the classical assumption about how enlightened people behave is wrong. Life in the body comes with standard equipment including an ego. The science and the technique in meditation still hold for bringing peace otherwise. Hasten the day that we all come to mediate together. -Buck > > > > ________________________________ > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:21 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] (Fairfield Meditation) Reducing Tension in the > Middle East > > >  > A couple months ago I attended an academic conference with about a hundred > scholars who study our kind of group. They were unaware of Fairfield. In > conversing with these scholars over several days time it was as if 'TM' had > dropped off the planet. These were tenured professors, department chairs, > directors of collections who teach at real universities from all over the > country. Basically zip understanding of TM let alone Fairfield. TM > seemingly disappeared from culture from the 1980's and on and suffers still > from that amnesia of inertia. It got to the point even in Fairfield where > the Dome numbers had dropped in the y-2000's to just a couple hundred people > meditating together. Nearly died out except for the resuscitation of the > urgency of the invincible America meditation program (2006) and the last > ditch efforts of some few people (Bob Wynne) in Vedic City to actually bring > pundits to Fairfield http://www.vediccity.net/welcome.html > It is an amazing thing going on in Fairfield. It is real interesting to be > in the middle of communicating that to people outside in the world. > -Buck in the Dome > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > It is interesting, that most people out in the world, even educated people, > > have no idea what is going on here let alone the gravity of it. We should > > all be unperturbed by their general old-age ignorance of it though and > > rigorously just attend to our meditations. Great is our method and science > > of peace here. The New Jerusalem is coming, > > -Buck > > > > --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > Buck, forget emailing.àHave him visit FF for Dec 7 Art Walk.àAs > > > George somebody, former Redskins coach said, the future is now. > > > > > > > > > Your brave enthusiasm and still makes me smile just about every day (-: > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Buck > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:51 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reducing Tension in the Middle East > > > > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "emptybill" <emptybill@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Buckyball > > > > > > > > > > "A perennial philosophy of all major cultural traditions that there > > > > > exists a transcendental field at the most fundamental level of natural > > > > > law ..." > > > > > > > > > > If this is true then it is not "transcendental" but rather a > > > > > supporting > > > > > ground. > > > > > In other words, it is prakriti/pradhâna/avyakta (an unmanifest). > > > > > It is nature, but not transcendent. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill, Yep I know what you mean, that's my experience too. As I was > > > > editing that piece I chose to stick with the western language and stay > > > > away from the Vedic so as not to confuse the ignorant lurker here. > > > > Going with the 'Transcendental' field was good enough for the release > > > > posted here. Best Regards, -Buck > > > > > > > > > > I went to a lecture at the U. of Ia. in Iowa City the other nite given by > > > a visiting classicist professor and went out to dinner with him after. > > > In discussing Fairfield he broke from what we were saying at a point and > > > declared he could not understand what Utopia could possibly be. That he > > > lives in the past and present but could not understand what I was saying > > > about a future Utopia this way. It was not the time to say anything more > > > but we are e-mailing. It is a challenging thing to communicate. > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > A perennial philosophy of all major cultural traditions that there > > > > > exists a transcendental field at the most fundamental level of natural > > > > > law, which can be directly accessed as the silent transcendental level > > > > > of the human mind. Hundreds of studies have shown that experience of > > > > > transcendental consciousness breaks the chain of conditioned reflexes > > > > > coming on from past behavior, as seen in reduced addictive behaviors > > > > > of > > > > > all kinds, decreased prison recidivism, and reduced behavioral > > > > > problems > > > > > in inner-city children. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now there is hope because a proven technology of consciousness to > > > > > create peace is available. This novel approach establishes a filter of > > > > > coherence and order in collective consciousness in the present, which > > > > > is > > > > > capable of transforming the flow of negativity from the past into a > > > > > more > > > > > harmonious future. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meditation is certainly the answer, > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
