--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > >snip>can only proceed by fits and starts, or it would > > > > > create "fear and havoc" in the world by a too-rapid > > > enlightenment. > > > > > So these occasional calls to end some state of emergency are > > > just > > > > a > > > > > necessary feature of a spiritual regeneration movement > trying > > to > > > > > work in the Kaliyuga. > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe...although I interpreted Maharishi's "too big a light" > as > > an > > > > explanation as to how all the efforts in the world had NOT > > worked, > > > > so there must be a reason it has not worked...ie. world karma. > > > > > > > > Now...all we got is a "State of Emergency". So now what was > all > > > the > > > > point of the list above (I forgot also to add to that list, > > > > recertifying teachers and stopping long-time teachers from > > > teaching, > > > > high cost of TM, and all that) > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > > > > > *************** > > > > > > MMY made it clear long ago (in his 60s pamphlet, "The Divine > > Plan") > > > that the movement could not proceed quickly to enlighten the > > world, >>> > > > > > > Where? > > > > MMY wrote a pamphlet, The Divine Plan, that Charlie Lutes used to > sell at the SRM meetings. In 1968, that pamphlet and two others were > put together in a Bantam book titled "Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh > Yogi," which you can buy at used book dealers, like abe.com, > alibris.com > > > > > > so it can't be the case that he is saying that current failure > is > > > due to world karma. In fact, what appears to be failing policies > > is > > > the working of the Divine Plan, which has determined that only > > slow > > > growth of enlightenment values can work at this juncture of the > > > Kaliyuga, because the karma of the people has made them stupid > and > > > incapable of quickly adjusting to an enlightened world:>> > > > > > > Then why the endless attempts to get large groups? > > > > Really competent management of the movement would have put together > a lot more large groups than what are now operating. Incompetent > management disallows, fortunately, more light-generation than the > world could tolerate -- MMY says that too rapid enlightenment in the > world would produce "fear and havoc," not the desired bliss. It's > like a meditator with an unstable nervous system who over-meditates > and flips out. > > MMY's cheerleading to the incompetent leaders of the TMO to go and > do great things is like the coaches at the Special Olympics cheering > on the participants -- nobody really thinks they're going to break > any real records, but they have fun and they're fun to watch. > > > > > > > > "When the objectivity [man's material life] overtakes > subjectivity > > > [the divine intelligence in man] completely then the only way > left > > > for the subjectivity is that it should gradually rise up in such > a > > > way that its regeneration does not in any way tend to overthrow > > the > > > validity of material life. On the other hand, the manner of > > > spiritual regeneration should be such that instead of creating > > fear > > > and havoc to material life, >>> > > > > > > It is going to be havoc, because it has been too slow and the > window > > may have been lost due to endless silly activities that don't > work. > > > > OffWorld > > > > The current havoc in the world would be worse if the TMO were > pumping more light into the world than it could handle (and there is > simply no doubt about what MMY about this in "The Divine Plan"). > That MUM student, Sem, was a mess, but a tolerable mess, until he > started over-meditating (doubling his meditation time by adding 10 > mins for every hour of class time), and ended up flipping out and > killing some poor guy. >
More to the point, he apparently stopped taking his meds because he believed (without verifying with his doctor) that he no longer needed them. Remember Columbine? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/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/
