Thanks for re-posting this. It was interesting to read again, and explains a lot. For anyone who didn't read it, I've edited it down to a shorter length below.
A few random thoughts: I know that Maharishi started out to spiritually regenerate the earth, but I didn't think of that as recreating a Vedic civilization, as Bevan says he's been trying to do. That goal -- a return of Vedic civilization -- explains the extreme policies so at odds with American cultural norms. He's at the end of his life and is running out of time, so he's establishing the rules he'd want to have in place, even if they seem premature. I was also struck on this reading by the blaming of American TM teachers for the country's low state of consciousness. You want to micromanage the organization, Maharishi? Fine. But don't blame us if your management leads to failure. The following statement reminded me of what Bush said in Mississippi: > it is good that I have heard what you are doing and I am > satisfied with you as individuals. You only do what > you are doing, but with that I am not satisfied. Here's how W said it: "after a walking tour of Point Cadet, a poor neighborhood of flattened one-story bungalows in Biloxi, Miss., Bush amended his remark to say that "I'm certainly not denigrating the efforts of anybody,' and while "I am satisfied with the response, I'm not satisfied with all the results.'" - from Elisabeth Bumiller in the New York Times Hey, hurricane Katrina has made the Bush administration look absolutely terrible. David L. Brooks, a conservative columnist for the New York Times, wrote recently about the sense that W's political capital is declining. Do you think all those silly ceremonies in Vlodrop were geared to hastening Bush's decline? You know -- Ram defeating Ravana, and all that? I wondered this upon re-reading the regional coordinator's remarks at the bottom of the quoted section below. - Patrick Gillam --- gullible fool wrote: > > I believe it is time once more to remind everyone of > MMY's opinion of Dubya: > > I got this from someone on Heavenly Mountain on > September 1, 2001. > [snip] > Hi Friends, I have taken the time to transcribe these > notes from a tape of a conference call for TM > Governors, with the west coast regional coordinator. [snip] > Very thought-provoking and helpful to see what Maharishi's > attention is on these days. (any question mark means I > am either not sure of the spelling or not sure I heard > the word on the tape clearly.) > > Jai Guru Dev, Mary > [snip] > After the Kleinschnitz couple reviewed for Maharishi > the plan of rebuilding the whole country in accordance > with Stapathya Veda principles, including their idea > to apply for some federal Foundation funds to help > with this, here are MMY's comments on the real > situation in the U.S. today: "The president is > destroying the foundation of the world. Tell them that > you are a Foundation for the good of the people. We > are trying to create coherence in society. He > (referring to the president) is even more violent than > Hitler. (The regional coordinator makes a comment here > that what he meant is that the potential for what Bush > could do is more violent than what Hitler did during > WWII). A new Rakshasa in America. He could destroy the > world, and he may. [snip] > we have the authority to give > the license to live. With authority, with authority, > with boldness, openness say, 'Your country is going to > go, and you should save your money for your own life.' > (At this point, Curt Kleinschnitz very quietly said, > 'Not very many people write them letters to that > point, Maharishi.') Maharishi said: Write them, that > we are inviting you to continue to breathe life on > Earth because your president is putting you on fire. [snip] > Save your life. This is very bad. There's a > very bad opposition in Europe. Everywhere he > (president Bush) went, but it doesn't matter. Even if > he is honored in Europe, he is going to eat up life > for the world, that's all. We are doing our things. [snip] > But whatever we are doing, it's not > enough to save the world. It is never enough to save > the world. 10-20 people here and there, and giving > this lecture and gathering that people and all, no, it > won't help the world. It's a big world of ours. We > have to do something with more wakefulness. All these > little things that we've been doing, the time is over > for all these little things. We've done all these for > 40-50 years, everywhere, and we're going to do > something more effective. [snip] > I would never have > thought that this Rakshasa will be born in America. I > have tens of thousands of governors in America, but > how many are teaching? It's a shame to those > individuals, but for the money they are going here and > there. And just for earning money and all that, all > that. The whole thing has proved to be in my mind, a > failure. Movement in America is a failure. I'll not > close the Movement, but I'll make it more effective, > more efficient. All the ideas need to come from > American creativity; Americans should be doing this. > The whole thing is very unsatisfactory; very poor > show, very poor show. This is American creativity - > one man comes, and rules around the world, and > destroys everything. What is America? This kind of > America? This is a lifeless America. But this man may > do something, because he comes with a new American > creativity and bombs everyone here, there and > everywhere. [snip] > it is good that I have heard what you are doing and I am > satisfied with you as individuals. You only do what > you are doing, but with that I am not satisfied. [snip] > With this knowledge, > after 50 years, such a Rakshasa in the > most creative country in the world - we have not done > justice to the knowledge. If a Rakshasa is created in > the most creative country in the world, then the > consciousness is weak. [snip] > Last year, at the > Kumbha Mela celebration in India, Bevan said that Guru > Dev had charged Maharishi with the responsibility > to bring back the Vedic civilization, and that this is > Maharishi's role in the world. Because of Guru Dev's > request, Maharishi's entire focus over the past 40 > years has been to bring back the fullest value of > consciousness to all the various approaches of > Maharishi's Vedic Science. Maharishi shared this > vision with us and told us what this Vedic > civilization had been and could be again, Heaven on > Earth. He contrasted it with the current state of > affairs in the world. He then duplicated himself > by giving us this very precious knowledge of Natural > Law, the TM Technique. [snip] > The focus on > Maharishi's knowledge on the part of many American > teachers and governors on this, is just not there. > Without at least some attention by the teachers, that > precious gift, that ability to bring about the > fulfillment of Maharishi's vision of Heaven on Earth, > is lost. Maharishi said he trained tens of thousands > of teachers in the U.S. If there are say, 20,000 > teachers, and each teacher taught the TM Technique to > just two people a year, this alone would create 40,000 > new meditators and potential sidhas each year. > [snip] > Comments now from the Regional Coordinator that are > not verbatim quotes, but from her notes on recent > calls from MMY: Maharishi said that there are two > aspects in the world today, a Big Filth, and a Wave > of Purification. Just a phase the world is going > through. The situation is clearly described in ... the > Ramayana, that the rule of Ram will get established > only by defeating the demon Rakshasa Ravana. So we > have Ram on one side, and Ravana on the other. That is > the situation today. We did not think of having to > confront someone like Ravana. It came like a surprise > that Ravana had taken birth in the U.S. It must be for > the good of the world that we are witnessing today a > polarization of these opposite, opposing forces. The > evolutionary force on one side, and the destructive > force on the other, which is now being flooded by > floodlights of knowledge, the eternal > light of total knowledge. Years ago in Fairfield, > Maharishi had us read the Ramayana, to restore the > kingdom of Ram in our thinking about government. Now > the kingdom of Ram has been re-established by the > coronation of Dr. Tony Nader, a Vedic Vishwaprashek, > Nader Ram, through a 6 day performance of the Raja > Abashek (sp?). This 6 day yagya, a yagya to install a > king, has not been performed in tens of thousands of > years. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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