--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "george" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Luck of the World > > > > sometimes we feel angry at this co-out of the clueless guru. > > yes, it is our rotten luck that he still doesnt get it... > > if he could present his knowledge in a fashion that is > > understandable to the average joe, all would listen > > adopt it and transform the world. But as bad luck would > > have it, he still doesnt get it that his manner of > > interaction is too weird, too much of a turnoff. grrrr. > > ************************** > > I think you are completely missing the point of what MMY is saying. > > An ignorant world cannot be transformed quickly into an enlightened > world, this would create a backlash against the enlightenment > effort; as MMY said in the 60s, speedy enlightenment of the world > would create "fear and havoc" ( see > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/retards.html#light ) > > So it is not relevant whether TM-promoting efforts are being done > competently or not, because people are so locked into darkness that > they cannot be rescued quickly from the path to hell -- it's an act > of kindess on the part of the Divine Plan (this is what MMY titled > his 60s writing on why enlightenment values need to be expanded > slowly) that the TM movement is apparently stumbling along. > > Maharishi cannot employ competent people to run the TM movement, nor > can he give advice that would work, because that would cause the > light in the world to increase too rapidly. That is certainly a > shame, but that's just the way it's got to be -- if people were not > so bound to sin, it would be possible to pitch TM quickly to the > world, but that simply cannot happen, and it's pointless for MMY to > berate TM administrators for their ineptness, because ineptness > happens to be just what the doctor ordered. MMY correctly identifies > the "luck" (bad karma) of the world as being to blame, because if > the world were not in such darkness, TM could be promoted quickly. > Having a mere shell of a movement in the West run by Bevan and other > incompetents is exactly what the world needs at the present time, as > lamentable as this situation is, because the underlying problem is > the darkness of the world, not the incompetence of TM marketers. > > Sooner or later, India will respond to MMY's call for a revival of > Vedic civilization -- you should note that there have been no price > increases for TM in India (even laborers can afford to start TM > there), unlike the West, where the price of TM has been raised to > slow down things even further. In fact, now that a few candles have > been lit in the West, what goes on in the movement in the West has > no relevance at all -- it's India that has to restore Vedic culture, > and they have the 800 million Hindus to do just that. > > MMY (Aug 24th press conference): > "It is just a matter of the total atmosphere which has > a great influence on > the individual. And the total atmosphere we are aiming > at, purifying the > total atmosphere. Harmony, positivity in the national > consciousness of every > country, in the world consciousness. Big groups, big > groups. > > And we are finding our way to create big groups even > so it is not happening > so quickly. But we can attribute it to not lack of our > efforts but lack of > the luck of the world. We have to hide somewhere. So > we hide behind the > logic that it is the lack of luck of the world that it > is not going so fast. > There we take refuge. If it is not going fast we have > a logic, it is the > luck of the world." > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante
Bob, That is the subtlest rationalization of unethical practices that I have ever read. If the light can't be brought up too quickly, then teaching TM and letting the 'pot' simmer 'a.k.a the World Plan' would create far less backlash and possibly more income for promoting TM in India. We wouldn't need to be hiding behind the 'luck of the world'. Remember it's Spirtual Regeneration not There's a Sucker Born.... 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/
