--- In [email protected], a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "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".
Sure, but *how* does this counter what I'm saying? MMY has said from the very beginning that the purpose and goal of TM was to spiritually regenerate the world. The emphasis is on enlightening (all the individuals in) the world. > Age of Enlightenment vs. Heaven on Earth perhaps. What's the difference? As I understand it, Heaven on Earth is what the Age of Enlightenment is supposed to look like. > 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? Um, no, one of our regular posters. > "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/
