The operative word in your comment is the word "system." We all position ourselves in society by our ability to deal with society and nature in general. We seek to improve our ability to do that by seeking not just enlightenment but education. By nature there then are castes (which I think is the point Maharishi is making). The system part is where the power holders seek to keep people from rising to take away their power. They tell people they can't rise above their caste but obviously people can. If the rich were the smartest then they would all be the ones graduating with honors from colleges and universities and the poor would be flunking out. Be we know that is not true as you will probably find more poor and middle income folks graduating with honors than the lazy rich kids.
Currently we have a bunch in the world that would like to keep the scenario I just mentioned from happening by taking away the funding that makes it possible to rise above their "caste" or "class" as we call it in the west. They also seek to pay all labor even skilled and educated cheap wages. They are using all their weapons including their control of the media to try to make that happen. But they themselves are ignorant and karma dictates that because they've made a push to do this society will react in an equal and opposite reaction against them and probably too far a swing of the pendulum too. I was musing the other day what "divine justice" it would be if the first tenants of the "detention camps" that Halliburton is building here in the US would be the Halliburton executives themselves. ;-) TurquoiseB wrote: >--- In [email protected], anon_couscous_ff ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Of course we are not bound to live our lives the way >>you think we ought to. >> >> > >Nope. > > > >>That it [the Onion article] was an effective satire >>[of the caste system] is obvious. Case closed. >> >> > >Well, since I'm not bound to live my life the way you >think I should, I'll reopen it, in its own thread. :-) > >I honestly believe that a lot of folks here ARE >uncomfortable with the subject of the caste system >coming up on this forum. And I think that the reason >they're uncomfortable with this is that Maharishi >*clearly* believes in it and supports it, and they're >*embarrassed* by the fact that he believes in it. > >Only a couple of weeks ago, someone posted a long >quote of Maharishi's in which he not only supported >the concept of the caste system, but tried to >"reinvent" it and pretend that it was based on >Jyotish, not inheritance. The subject sank like >a stone, with very few people even stepping up to the >plate to take a swing at it. I noticed Ingegerd >(I think) taking a stand against the caste system, >and I think that Shemp has consistently taken a >stand against it, but it didn't seem as if others >wanted to deal with the subject much at all. Then, >a couple of weeks later, the subject comes up again, >this time in a parody article, and the response to >it is a bunch of followup discussions that are basic- >ally arguments about the relative political correct- >ness of the parody's humor...nary a word on the >subject of the parody itself. > >I just find all the aversion fascinating, that's all. > >So what's YOUR feeling about the caste system, eh? >Is there ANY validity to it, or is it just another >way that the current ruling elite of a nation finds >a way to make sure that their children rule after >them and that the currently-powerless are *kept* >powerless? > >I think it's the latter. I don't think there are >ANY rational arguments that someone can come up >with to support the caste system. But that's just >me...if you believe differently, and think that >the caste system makes sense, please present the >reasons why you feel that way. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
