Farouk Hi, I'm a governor from the UK and via a roundabout route I got your open letter to Michael Dilbeck. I thought I'd send you a quote from another email which I got from Michael Moore.
<<< begins>>> Friends, I just thought we should all pause for a moment today to remember the simple act of courage, defiance and dignity committed by Rosa Parks when she refused to move to the back of the bus because the law said she had the wrong skin color. The greatest moments in history, the ones that have truly mattered and have taken us to a better place, are made up of scores of these singular acts by ordinary, everyday people who could no longer tolerate the crap and the nonsense of those in charge. Today, whether it is a student who holds a sit-in to get the army recruiters off his campus, or the mother of a dead soldier who refuses to leave the front gate of the president's ranch, we continue to be saved by brave people who risk ridicule and rejection but end up turning huge tides of public opinion in the direction of righteousness. We owe them enormous debts of gratitude. It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity. ... <<<<ends>>> Highly relevant in the case of the TM movement don't you think? My own approach is somewhat different. I applaud those who take a stand against the crap and the nonsense we all have to endure within the movement but I have chosen to take a stand against a different type of crap and the nonsense. I realised some time ago that the supposed scientific analysis of the relationships between modern science and Vedic science was in fact pseudo-scientific rubbish. Rather than turn around and walk away in disgust I resolved to do something about it. So I put myself through a series of courses in mathematics so that I could acquire the skills required. My reasoning being that although the present analysis is total nonsense, if the insights of Vedic science as proposed by Maharishi are true then it ought to be possible to use those insights to guide one to solutions to the deepest problems of modern physics. I've discovered that this inspiration is correct. But in a very unexpected way, or rather perhaps in a way that should have been expected for anyone who has had any contact with Maharishi's knowledge. When cast in mathematical terms the insight that the ultimate reality is of transcendental nature suggests that there can be no finite Unified Field Theory. Also the insight that this transcendental reality can be experienced as if it were a sequence of experiences happening one after the other, as expressed in the Apurusheya Bhashya, has very interesting mathematical consequences. Taking this point of view, then some of the deepest problems of modern physics such as the dimensionality of space and the origin of the symmetries of the Standard Model have wonderfully elegant solutions. I recently presented a paper outlining these ideas at a conference in Europe, (where I took prize for best lecture), and this initial paper will be published next year. Though it's nice to get some appreciation from experts who are utterly disdainful of John Hagelin, much remains to be done. So it will be some time yet before a complete analysis will be possible. The interesting thing is that one can use use Maharishi's knowledge to solve these problems and hence give the knowledge true scientific credibility while at the same time demolishing just about everything John Hagelin has done. One wonders at the intellectual ineptitude that has allowed his ideas to gain credence within the movement. The more I study this field the more I find that his ideas are packed solid with errors of reasoning and elementary maths. I know of many intelligent people within the movement who have their doubts about John Hagelin's ideas and even more doubts about Tony Nader's ideas but fail to speak out for fear of punishment. However I do not think that he and people like him are in any way inherently bad people, it's just that the organisational structure of the movement discourages intelligent thought. It is the culture of fear within the movement that is inimical to genuine scientific enquiry and ultimately that culture of fear has its basis in Maharishi himself. I think that as the movement contracts and becomes ever more ludicrous more and more intelligent sincere people are going to find their voices. People are thinking to themselves "I've kept my gob shut for fear of being chucked out of the movement, but if things carry on as they are then there isn't going to be a movement left to be chucked out of". Little things like your action have big consequences in such an environment. Ultimately, if we are going to create Sat Yuga, then the movement has to be reformed. Arrogance, spitefulness, pseudo-science and pantomime kings have to be removed. Absurd prices and absurd restrictions on teaching will have to go. We have been waiting for an awakening in public consciousness, but the public has always been willing to take to this knowledge when properly presented. The awakening will be our realisation that all obstructions are self-created and can be removed in an instant. This will be the true phase transition. Jai Guru Dev John Small Farrokh & Ruffina Anklesaria The Enlightened Sentencing Project (TESP) Administrative Office 202 Tiffin Ave Ferguson, MO 63135 Visit our website at www.tesp.org Tel: 314 521 4390 ------------------------ 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/
