--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jeffrey" <initiate22000@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hmmmm, Can someone explain this to me in simpler terms? Was > > > Maharishi supporting Fidel Castro? If so, why? When did this > occur? > > > What was he trying to acheive? > > > > I suspect his thinking was that dictators, unlike > > democratically elected leaders, would be able to > > order their governments to fund and promote national > > TM programs, making TM free to their citizens, maybe > > even requiring them to learn it. > > > > Once there was a sufficient number of people > > meditating in these countries, the Maharishi Effect > > would take hold and the countries' fortunes would > > noticeably improve, serving as a demonstration of > > what TM could do for any country. > > > > So the idea was to flatter the dictators as a way > > of getting them interested in TM. > > > > That's my guess... > > That's your guess. > > I'd be curious to know what your opinion is of such a program.
Maharishi's ingenious but naive. If you're going to play "use a thorn to remove a thorn," you better be damn sure the first thorn is sharp enough and has enough leverage to actually do the job of removing the second. Otherwise you'll end up with *two* thorns that need to be removed. 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/
