--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, thank God! Now we can have a dozen, empty marble > palaces in the middle of Kansas. I feel better already.
This is the first, preparatory step to making a brand new TM siddhi available. It has to do with instantly "beaming" the body from one place to another. Similar to the flying siddhi, one won't be able to perform it fully at first, jumping to anyplace you want to go. The "hopping" stage of this new siddhi will be to beam yourself to one of these peace palaces. Word on the street has it that the siddhi itself consists of thinking, "Relationship of body and Kansas...there's no place like OM." Training in the new siddhi will be offered for free to TMers who have already taken the existing TM Siddhis course. But if you want the ruby slippers that make the new siddhi work, they will cost you $10,000. :-) > --- george_deforest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Smith County won't block 'peace palaces' > > > > The Wichita Eagle / Associated Press > > > http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/15692067.htm > > > > SMITH CENTER - The Smith County Commission has > > backed off a plan to > > keep the Global Country of World Peace from building > > a dozen marble > > "peace palaces" on prime farmland near the > > geographic center of the > > lower 48 states. > > > > The organization, affiliated with Maharishi Mahesh > > Yogi and his > > Transcendental Meditation movement, bought large > > tracts of land in > > Smith County earlier this year, causing some > > residents to be upset > > over the idea. > > > > The three-member commission earlier this week > > repealed a measure that > > had prevented the change in land use from > > agricultural until the > > county zoning regulations were completed. The > > moratorium passed this > > summer was designed to "preserve the status quo > > while it could be > > determined whether zoning regulations could be used > > to prevent the > > Global Country of World Peace from using land for > > the purposes > > announced by such organization," according to the > > resolution repealing it. > > > > There are no zoning regulations in the rural county > > area, although a > > planning commission is studying the idea. Most of > > rural Smith County > > is used for farming wheat and corn or as livestock > > pastures. > > > > County Attorney Allen Shelton said Thursday that the > > commission > > "passed the moratorium to see if zoning could be > > used to keep the > > TMers out." > > > > He said the repeal came after the commission was > > told the peace group > > planned to file a federal lawsuit, claiming > > violation of its civil > > rights. Shelton said the group likely would have > > prevailed. > > > > "The reason they urged the moratorium is they didn't > > want the > > Transcendental Meditation people to locate here," > > Shelton said. "You > > couldn't use zoning to exclude people for their > > beliefs. It's hard to > > think of a reason for not having an education center > > in the middle of > > the county." > > > > But Commissioner Arthur Kuhlmann said it's not over. > > > > "We lost this battle, but we're still hoping to win > > the war," he said. > > > > Shelton said the planning commission will continue > > working on > > recommendations that eventually could evolve into > > county zoning. > > > > Altogether, the Maharishi wants to build 2,400 peace > > palaces in 250 > > U.S. cities. The TM movement began in the 1950s and > > traces its roots > > to India. Practitioners repeat a thought -- a mantra > > -- over and over > > to achieve relaxation, typically for 15 to 20 > > minutes every morning > > and evening. > > > > Supporters say TM is a technique, not a religion. > > But several local > > pastors earlier this year signed a letter to a local > > newspaper saying: > > "They are welcome, but they must understand we are > > competing for the > > eternal souls of people." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > 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/
