--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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." > > We tend to have something of a knee-jerk reaction to any > phrase including the word "dictatorship" because the only > examples we know about of such governance are so repellent. > We seem therefore to be assuming that MMY's proposal can > be nothing other than repellent and dump on him for even > suggesting such a thing--when he may not be suggesting > anything like what we imagine. > > Again, whether it makes any *practical* sense is really > a different issue. >
I'm making a point about the quality of the *enlightened* organisations. Are their leaders even qualified to recommend government structures, based on their own failures in their own organisations ? 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/
