--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "uns_tressor" <uns_tressor@> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "nablus108" <nablus108@> wrote: > > > > > > When Maharishi postulated his ideas about the CIA infiltrating > > > the Movement in the '70s he commented that their agenda is; > > > divide, divide, divide... > > He was just projecting...
Actually, he was doing what spiritual teachers have done for eons when the predicted results of their teachings don't work out as quite promised. That is, he was trying to create a sense of 'group identity' based on paranoia -- us vs. them -- to replace the sense of group identity that would have developed naturally if people had been realizing enlightenment as predicted, or even having strong and consistent spiritual experiences. You see it in many spiritual trips, especially around the 'seven-year mark' of the tradition's popularity. It's that point at which people start to wonder whether it's all been worth it for them. If a lot of them are starting to realize that the 'payoff' isn't quite what was promised, one of the first tricks trotted out by the spiritual teachers is the 'us vs. them' thang. Works every time, too, because it appeals to the part of every seeker that wants to feel important, snd worthy of persecution. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
