In terms of our own natural history and sciences, very fortunately we don't got scorpions by nature in Iowa. Just the ones that get imported here. And, they don't thrive here at all in our climate, -Buck salyavin808 writes: Scorpion Nation? Ah, that takes me back. 2005 it was, the TMO in the UK had always been strong, and generous, we had three large academies, a purpose built town and a network of lively centres. Marshy's favourite group of devotees, always willing to cough up for yagyas and any other project that came along. Quite the role model for a perfect society you'd think.
I was living in a TM centre at the time, not as a devotee, I just needed somewhere to live. They had closed all the academies to pay for the pundit project and encourage us to build vastu ones. Even the one I lived in which was pretty annoying but there you are. But I wasn't a believer at that point, not by a long stretch. I'd seen enough fraud and flakery and was there strictly as a "take what you need and leave the rest" type. And even that was wearing thin, I was having to avoid all broadcasts on the Marshy channel because they made my skin crawl, except for the weekly press conference. Wish I'd taped some of that, that would be youtube gold. Especially the one where Marshy said that the reason the US hadn't caught Bin Laden was because of our coherence creating and laughed! A surreal and disturbing moment and Hagelin tried to deny he'd meant that but the journalist wasn't convinced, me neither. Anyway, after the Iraq invasion Marshy decided that was the last straw and called the office at Skem to tell the assembled governors that he was closing the movement in the UK as our national consciousness was too poisonous to deserve what he was offering. Amid all the wailing, tears and protests Marshy asked if there was any good reason why he shouldn't. Wish I'd been there to answer that, first there is the obvious illogic of the "feeding nectar to the scorpion" if the ME worked then we need more TM not less. If it doesn't work we might as well carry on regardless. The idea that there is a critical mass whereby the ME is bad until the threshold is passed and then it becomes good is another layer of madness on top of all the others. It did him no favours. Then there's the political argument. No one liked Tony Blair, he just wasn't as bad as the opposition. That's how democracy works, it's a crap system of government but better than the alternative. Nobody prioritised war when they voted as every party was in favour anyway. Most of the western world went along with the idea that it would be quick and painless and we'd be rid of a vile dictator and be able to control the oil supply much easier. I don't know what the real reason was, maybe Marshy actually believed his delusions about the world, maybe he felt he had to act like it was all real regardless of whether it made sense or not. Maybe he was just nuts at that point, but he'd done it before with Denmark (?) for something to do with the national leader saying the wrong thing, can't remember what happened but it was well trivial. The whole concept is petty and spiteful and really upset a lot of friends of mine who sincerely believe all this stuff. It seemed like a sort of megalomania but he gave everyone the idea he was doing it for their own good. Narcissism? Paranoia? They say he tripled the price because a group of teachers from the UK asked him to lower it. Anyway, I laughed when I heard about Scorpion land. It was the icing on the cake really. I went off Marshy very early on, I didn't believe a word of the vedic "science" I thought Tony Nader and John Hagelin were either insane or lying. I couldn't watch 10 minutes of the channel without shuddering in terror. Then I heard about the Kaplan letter and joined FFL so I could read it in the files section. And then I thought I'd make just one post.... mjackson74 asks: Sal, having been highly entertained by some references you have made regarding the "scorpion nation" deal, I wanted to ask if you remember where you were and what your reaction was upon hearing of the [Maharishiji's] condemnation of your country? Just curious.
