--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Can you imagine what an extended interview would > > look > > > > like between Oberman and Bush? Bush is so > > inarticulate > > > > and so anti-intellectual he could not explain > > any of > > > > his actions or policies beyond simplistic buzz > > > > phrases. He is the absolutely worst modern > > president > > > > and is doing such damage to this country. > > > > > > While I agree completely with your last sentence, > > > what does that say about America in light of > > > Maharishi's theory that every country gets the > > > exact government that it deserves, and that the > > > national leader is a pretty good indicator of > > > the average state of consciousness of the country? > > > > Oh, so you believe that theory, do you? > > I actually heard a tape of MMY while on an ATR or an > MIU forest academy where MMY discusses this idea of a > leader being a reflection of the national > consciousness of a country at great length, but then > he ends it with a final sentence and undid the whole > argument by saying that in some cases a country gets a > leader that is not a reflection of national > consciousness. I remember bursting out laughing. MMY > also did this on a tape about the eight limbs of yoga, > very carefully explaining that they are not steps, but > simultaneous expressions in different domains as > consciousness develops. And then he finshes the tape > by saying that they could also be seen as steps. Sort > of like the Jaimini sutras...but on the other hand.
Reminds me of the old chestnut (stop me if you've heard it!) about the seeker who travels far and wide, all over the globe, to find the one true master who can tell him the secret of life. After many years of disappointments, great struggle, and adversity, he finally finds the master meditating in a cave in the Himalayas. Battered and bedraggled but grateful beyond measure, he throws himself at the master's feet. "O Holy One, I have only a few years left on this earth. But now that I've found you, with the benefit of your infinite knowledge, I can live those years in peace and fulfillment. "Tell me, Master, the answer to my burning question: What is the secret of life?" He holds his breath waiting for the answer. The master is silent for a long time, eyes closed, his expression ecstatic. Then he murmurs softly, "Life...is a fountain." The man leaps up, furious. "What? I've spent my entire damn life looking for you, traveled thousands of miles, given up all my possessions, so I could learn from you the secret of life, and all you can tell me is 'Life is a fountain'??" That's nonsense!" The master opens his eyes, bewildered. "You mean, life *isn't* a fountain?" 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/
