on 4/18/06 11:55 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: >>> >>> --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> In other words, a fairytale. >>> >>> Figures. >>> >> Haven't seen any Lord Ramas around to provide enlightened >> leadership. Even in the guru business, the enlightened have had a >> tough time. And that's a limited leadership role. We've had >> Muktananda, Maharishi, Swami Rama, Adi Da etc. They've tended to >> crash and burn at some point as a group. Maybe term limits? Ya, >> that's the ticket... > > Granting your point above--and others along the same lines > having to do with the unlikelihood of practical implementation > --it seems to me the original point Bob was making has been > overlooked, which was that when MMY advocates "enlightened > dictatorship," he may not have in mind anything even remotely > resembling what we think of when we hear the word > "dictatorship."
But Maharishi praises Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe, and their ilk, so what are we to think? 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/
