--- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have reached a similar conclusion myself. This is how I have conceptualized it: > > Most of us Movement "lifers" (NOT to be confused with Fairfield Lifers, although there is > significant overlap between sets; "lifer" is used here as it's used elsewhere, in cases where > one joins upor is committedfor "life", ie the remainder of one's days)most Movement > lifers who are also Americans are facing not just one, but two huge disappointments. > > Of those who held out highest hopes for the Movement, I am guessing most (except True > Believers) are disappointed. For those who were idealistic and committed, joining the > Movement meant that one had become one of the elect few who were going to save the > world. Literally. I know it sounds silly now, but that is what many of us believed. Now it is > difficult to find the faintest shred of evidence that the world is being "saved". So the Dream > is Over, and the disappointment for many is huge and painful. [Yes, I know that some of > you who read this were too smart to be taken in and are saying "What disappointment?", > but in this instance I am addressing the fate of those who truly believed. And we were > many.] > > At the same time, many are discovering that their deeply ingrained concepts about > America (US of A) were likewise illusionary. What we had thought to be the land of the free > and the home of the brave has turned out to be the Evil Empire. Not only is the world not > being saved, but we are the ones who are fucking it up. > > Either one of these disappointments by itself could prove quite painful, but both at once > is, for some people, simply to painful to bear. Not only that, but our fundamental > paradigms have been so brutally shaken that it's difficult to see where the crumbling of > reality will end. Hence the fear. Hence the denial. And the anger. > > So I agree with your observation. The general state of mental health in this country is not > very good, nor among TM people, either. The stress levels are very high. People are > literally out of control, as witness much of what happens in this very forum. > > I would add one point. There is no logical answer to this dilemma. Awakening, which is > NOT a logical answer, but a change of awareness, does nothing to the dilemma as such, > but at least releases the awakened from the suffering. > <massive snippage>
This reminded me of two things I recall "Mr. M" saying awhile back: 1. During the coming Age of Enlightenment, the normal state of consciousness would be Cosmic Consciousness. At the time I pretty much interpreted that to mean that we would all float around like angels in paradise on earth. 2. He also said that it is better not to stir up the mud around the lotus, or something close to that... At the time, I knew what he meant conceptually, and somewhat on a personal level. Put these two remarks of his together, and voila! Present day reality! What I now see, along with everyone else, is that all of our external foundations are in the process of rapidly being destroyed; political, economic, and social. Careers are in constant upheaval, governments come and go, wars flare up at the drop of a hat, social conventions are challenged constantly. Very much a sink or swim reality. And at the same time, we are all 50 inch screen, hi-def, 300 channel surround sound spectators to it all; cable, blogs, leaked documents, secret programs exposed, he said she said, internet cell phone reality everywhere. So, on the one hand, in answer to our deepest collective desire, we have created a regional, national and global reality that changes nearly instantly, reflecting our momentary fulfillments. On the other hand, there is an escalating need for us to not get caught in the vortex. We were given mantras years ago in order to clarify and realize our desires. We were given sutras to stir up and dissolve the mud. Now the challenge is, given our mantras and sutras, how can we build a perfectly unshakeable edifice for ourselves? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
