--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > wrote: > > > > on 4/18/06 11:55 AM, authfriend at jstein@ wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > > > 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? > > That he doesn't have a clear notion of what these guys > have inflicted on their countries? > > Or possibly that he thinks their one *good* point is > that they're in a position to require their citizens > to learn TM, and that once they're all meditating, > they'll get rid of their current rulers? "Thorn to > remove a thorn..." > > That seems to have been what happened in the Philippines > (although correlation does not necessarily mean causation, > of course). >
That *good* point is probably why he said it, to get in their good graces. But I'm sure with a little more reflection he would have also seen that 'force' as in compelling, sets up it's own backlash because it's against the natual tendency for increasing (inner and outer) freedom - greater happiness. That's why it hasn't worked so far. The dictators can't be hoodwinked into doing something that could remove their power and control. JohnY 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/
