--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > > You don't answer the questions put to you... (that little > > > > matter of message #70057...) > > > > > > We've been over that a few times now, Shemp. As you > > > know, I'll be happy to answer it as soon as you tell > > > me how the question was relevant to the post of mine > > > you were responding to. > > > > Consider it a stand-alone question that has nothing to do with any > > previous post. > > > > Now, will you answer the question? > > Oh, come on, Shemp, give it the old college try. > > Here's the post you were responding to (which is > referring to a satirical TMO press release Barry > crafted, which you said you had taken seriously > until halfway through it): > > -------------- > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > We say this over and over again on this newsgroup, but > > it speaks volumns about the present state of the TMO > > when outrageous satire of the TMO is initially > > perceived as "rational" movement discourse! > > Does it speak volumes about the present state of > the TMO, or about how people on this forum tend to > perceive the TMO? > > I knew this was satire after reading the title.
The question I posted for you to answer were relevant to your above comments, Judy, because Tantra's satire was very, very close to the reality that the TMO had become. But you seem to NOT feel that way because you were, unlike me, able to recognize it as satire as soon as you read the title. So I countered by asking you the question that I did because I wanted to see if you would have started TM when you did had the absurd reality of present-day TMO been prevalent then... > --------------- > > Now, what could have been the connection with > the question you went on to ask? > > Just take a stab at it. Be brave! > > To help you out, here are the first four > paragraphs that you said you read without > realizing it was satire: > > MAHARISHI'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD PRESS - SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 > > Katrina 'Devastation' Seen as Golden > Opportunity for World Peace and Windfall > for Builders Invited to Participate in > Global Reconstruction Program > > As previously announced, the World Government's Global > Reconstruction Program will raise the world's population > from problem-ridden life to problem-free lifeĀlife in > accord with Total Natural Law -- life in enlightenment, > perfect health, affluence, invincibility, and peace. > > However, many cynics and problem-ridden people, attached > to their cultures and traditions and to the non-Vastu- > friendly buildings in their countries, did not immediately > see the wisdom of tearing the whole lot of them down and > starting over with Vastu-correct buildings constructed by > TM front companies. > > Enter Nature. Hurricane Katrina should be viewed as the > response of the realm of Natural Law to the failure of the > world to immediately tear down all the old buildings and > reconstruct the world in accord with Natural Law and to do > it -- as we demanded in our initial Press Releases -- > simultaneously and quickly. "Time and tide wait for no one," > Maharishi said at that time. The world didn't listen. > > So the realm of Total Natural Law responded by 'devastating' > the first of many non-Vastu cities. Just look at the word > 'devastate.' Could the meaning be any clearer? The city > of New Orleans was not Vastu-compliant; therefore it was > de-Vastu-ated, to clear the way for a *proper* Vastu city > to be built on its ruins. ------------------------ 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/
