bob_brigante wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>bob_brigante wrote: >> >> >> >>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>bob_brigante wrote: >>>> >>>>>from >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Transcendental_Meditation/message/1219 >>> >>> >: > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Dear Friends, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I have just come out of the Invincible America Course meeting >>>>> >>>>> >with > > >>>>>Maharishi. Over the past weeks Maharishi has been doing all he >>>>> >>>>> >can > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>to >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>expand the numbers flying in the Fairfield Domes from the present >>>>>1,100 to 2,000 to make USA invincible (and in so doing make the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>world >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>a much safer place!).... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>A few days ago Maharishi sent Mayor Wynne off to India to >>>>> >>>>> >convince > > >>>>>the USA Embassy to allow up to 2,000 pandits to come to >>>>> >>>>> >Fairfield. > > >>>>>Today Maharishi announced that the Embassy has refused the >>>>>application. It was clear that Maharishi was deeply >>>>> >>>>> >disappointed - > > >>>>>and also deeply concerned for America. He emphasized that we MUST >>>>>get enough flyers here (or meditators who want to become flyers) >>>>> >>>>> >to > > >>>>>get the super-radiance number for USA. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>If TM were the full real deal you wouldn't need 2000 pundits from >>>>India. But God forbid that the average TM'er knows that the >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>average >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hindu knows. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>**************** >>> >>>The pundits know a specific body of knowledge which is not taught >>> >>> >to > > >>>Americans when they learn TM, namely how to recite Vedic hymns in >>>order to produce a desired influence in the environment, which is >>>certainly not what the average Hindu knows, not any more than the >>>average Hindu knows the skillset of a programmer in Bangalore. >>> >>> >>> > > > > >>But this can and has been be learned by Americans. Why not teach >> >> >this > > >>to Americans.... for free? >> >> >> > >*********** > >If Americans were qualified to be Vedic pundits, they would have been >born in India. Circumstances of birth are not random or democratic -- >they reflect one's activities in past lives and one's current level >of awareness. > > > I don't buy that at all. I know of two twin American girls who became quite fluent in vedic chanting. They amazed Indian pundits.
>On a more ordinary level of understanding, I learned in pursuing my >Master's in Applied Linguistics that people who learn a new language >after about the age of 15 never pronounce the new language as >fluently as a learner who acquires language earlier in life. So it's >not really possible to make Vedic pundits anywhere you like, even if >you are ignorant about occupation based on karmic circumstances. > > I didn't find chanting Sanskrit all that difficult. After all you have a much less ambiguous alphabet to work with than with western alphabets. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
