--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- authfriend jstein@ 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.
>
>
> Lots of perspectives are partially valid. MMY believes the
"simultaneous expressions" thing
> is more important than the steps thing, butthat doesn't mean they they
both don't hve
> SOME validity.
>

And sometimes he just believes what he thinks will bring the "most
publicity and the most cash".
That seems to be a dominant  perspective. It takes discrimination to
know the difference between those pronouncements and 'knowlege'.

JohnY







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