--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "demaris4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > In resopnse to the quote below -- are you sure that the TM group > myth is the overriding > > importance of personal enlightenment?? I don't think so. I think > the more important belief or > > myth is that thru the movement, the world will be transformed; that > this is much more > > important than individual enlightenment, which is influenced by so > many variables such a > > karma... This transformation of civilization just seems to me to be > the guiding light and the > > reason for it all - but individuals will have their own needs and > entrapments. > > You are absolutely correct. The overriding belief is > and always has been that TMers will transform the world > through their practice; personal enlightenment is and > always has been secondary.
???? I am not sure I agree. Maybe its we have been in different times and in different places. The intro lecture is 3/4 individual transformation, 1/4 world peace. But you counter, "but look at all the SQ RT of 1% stuff, thats a world focus" But I counter, "yes, but so each individual can live enlightenment". .... Age of Enlightenment vs. Heaven on Earth perhaps. Not an argument, just a different perspective. :) > > The person who wrote the post you quote below used to > be a TM teacher, incidentally, and (according to him) > held positions of significant responsibility in the > TMO, <smirk> Jerry Jarvis? "significant responsibility" -- sounds heavy. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
