--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > wrote: > > > > on 4/17/06 1:27 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I stand by my original point -- ANYONE who can justify > > > *forcing* people to follow his or her spiritual beliefs, > > > for *ANY* reason, has crossed a boundary from inspired > > > believer into the realm of dangerous fanatic. Maharishi > > > crossed that boundary many years ago. > > > > I missed the post about the Catholic Church forcing people to attend > mass, > > and about the comparison with the TMO, if that was made, but > Maharishi did > > used to "joke" about forcing people to meditate. I think it was > during the > > Wilshire-Ebell lectures in LA back in 1968 or so in which he talked > about > > meditation police who would apprehend people on the street who appeared > > unhappy. Also, his courting of dictators implies something of this > nature. > > He obviously wanted the dictators to get all their people to > meditate. He > > must have considered how they would go about doing this. > > > At the giant Vedic Science course in the Indian Express Building in > New Delhi, India, very early 80s, during a lecture one afternoon, > someone asked Maharishi somewhere in the course of a discussion about > governments around the globe: "Well, what would be the best form of > government?" He responded: "Enlightened dictatorship, but this is a > controversial topic so we won't talk about it." > > Anyone else remember that? > > *******************
What MMY and the TMO holds up as a guide to the ideal form of administration is The Ramayana, which recounts how Lord Rama ruled at Ayodha for ~11,000 years some two million years ago. Lord Rama was certainly enlightened and had total authority, but he was no brutal and indifferent dictator -- He listened carefully to the people and took extraordinary steps to made sure that all concerns were addressed and everybody in the kingdom was happy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama 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/
