Re "Of course M's decision to *withhold* TM from more possible initiates could
have been a tactic to motivate those already Initiated to push harder for
enlightenment since there would obviously be no more to come and the burden to
achieve the Age of Enlightenment would then depend on the few he has directly
had interaction with.":
Yes, that sounds the most plausible explanation (apart from sheer greed - he
might really have been expecting more people would pay the high costs and so
generate more revenue). Maybe he just liked being the unopposed ruler in his
own private kingdom surrounded by beaming acolytes. Once he was set up in that
situation he was content to pull up the drawbridge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHY7YO2N0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHY7YO2N0Y
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote:
Of course M's decision to *withhold* TM from more possible initiates could
have been a tactic to motivate those already Initiated to push harder for
enlightenment since there would obviously be no more to come and the burden to
achieve the Age of Enlightenment would then depend on the few he has directly
had interaction with.
From: "dhamiltony2k5@..." <dhamiltony2k5@...>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 6:47 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Pricing TM to Teach [more] Meditators
You know, Maharishi was very able to adapt course to circumstances as he
went along. It is certainly time for the TM-Rajas to adapt course so the
movement can teach once again. I am reminded of the time that Maharishi was in
Fairfield as the Domes were being built. One morning he came in to the group
meditation over at the campus field house and sat with it. He got to talking
with the group there. Someone asked about the Age of Enlightenment technique
and Maharishi asked if everyone did not have it? On seeing hands go up for
those who did not he then said everyone should have it. That day arrangements
were made for people then to get it. That was done, no money charged for an
$850 technique. Bevan taught it to people then for free.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
And who made that decision to "create" the Rajas? Your much vaunted Marshy -
says a lot don't it?
On Friday, October 11, 2013 12:15 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." <dhamiltony2k5@...>
wrote:
“Rich people just care less,”
Well then, pretty obviously the TM-Rajas being pre-select for wealth are too
remote to understand the problem.
Since the 1970s, the gap between the rich and everyone else has skyrocketed.
Income inequality is at its highest level in a century. This widening gulf
between the haves and have-less troubles me, but not for the obvious reasons.
Apart from the financial inequities, I fear the expansion of an entirely
different gap, caused by the inability to see oneself in a less advantaged
person’s shoes. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also
addressing the gap in empathy.
This has profound implications for societal behavior and government policy.
Tuning in to the needs and feelings of another person is a prerequisite to
empathy, which in turn can lead to understanding, concern and, if the
circumstances are right, compassionate action.
“Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on
people. Seeing right through them.
These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior are more than just
descriptive. They suggest, to a surprisingly accurate extent, the social
distance between those with greater power and those with less”
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?exprod=myyahoo&_r=1
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?exprod=myyahoo&_r=1
