> > A rare and intelligent post on FFl:
> > ************************** > > 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 ------------------------ 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/
