--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > < in response to a story about overloaded boats > > ...this story and the way the TMO endangers people's lives > makes me think that the Suvender Sem/Levi Butler thing was > inevitable and if not a murder or a boat capsizing would > manifest itself in some way at some point.
I don't think Maharishi ever considered the possibility of an accident on the boatrides or a student at his university losing it so badly he commits a murder, or someone setting fire to themselves in a basement room. His world view, if he believes what he tells us, just wouldn't allow it. If he believes that TM is, as he said to us, "100% life supporting," then what could possibly go wrong? Alas, this optimism has not always worked out. Interestingly enough, the fellow I studied with for some time, Rama, was almost always conscientious about making sure his students were safe. When we'd go out into the desert at night, 100s of us at a time, there would always be a doctor present and (although we all walked) a four-wheel drive vehicle available for emergencies. Whatever negatives one can say about him, that was one of his positives. And again, I think the difference between the two approaches has to do with philosophy -- Rama was open to the possibility that nature *doesn't* always support, so you should be prepared for those occasions in which it doesn't. ------------------------ 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/
