--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > --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. Of course he could be wrong > [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. > > I'd be glad to teach many more than 2 people a year and could do so quite easily, if the organization that I'm supposed to represent didn't make it nearly impossible to do so. I also notice that the few remaining teachers that are trying to pump out PR for the Peace Palaces are having to defend themselves in print over innuendos of fraud about land and real estate and cultism. That did not happen nearly as much when TM was actually taught as a technique to release stress, improve health and expand consciousness. The organization has expended all the capital that has be built up in the public mind over the last 30 years on ideas that will generate almost no results. Sad - I hope David Lynches foundation is beyond the control of the TMO . Maybe a few people can actually be taught. The movement didn't fail - it was killed. JohnY ------------------------ 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/
