--- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No mood makers here!!!
Not having trunks like elephants, however, I wonder what the guys are using to hold their magic feathers... :-) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:48 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Celestial Unity > > > > From the Yahoo! Group TMNews today: > > > > 2. Celestial Unity, First Maharishi Pandits Arrive at MUM, USA > > Posted by: [XXXX] > > Date: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:46 pm (PST) > > > > From: Einar Olsen > > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:45 AM > > Subject: Celestial Unity, First Maharishi Pandits Arrive > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Maharishi's daily call to the Invincible America Course began as > > usual with Dr. Bevan asking for experiences, and Maharishi said yes, > > yes. He is quietly keen on hearing the experiences called number one > > experiences. Number one experiences were originally defined as > > infinite wholeness transforming into emptiness, or emptiness > > transforming into infinite wholeness, or one within the other. Number > > one also means that this is the predominant experience in programs. > > Almost all experiences of Unity expressed also have a quality of > > light, celestial, divine, integrated with or shining forth from or > > leading to the unified value. This morning, Maharishi didn't comment > > on the experiences. Every day it is more powerful to hear them and > > hearing them is part of the technology of invincibility. Maharishi is > > cosmic creativity, one wonders, what is he going to say today? Today, > > he and we just simply listened to experience after experience of > > higher states of consciousness within the practice > > of the TM-Sidhi program. > > > > After Dr. Bevan started with experiences, he paused briefly to > > summarize that Maharishi Pandits had arrived last night. > > > > One Mother Divine gave a very enthralling series of rich experiences > > that obviously represented many long hours of many years cultivating > > the inner life in a very mature way. This is what this life develops > > into. Wow. One young man, about college age, was speaking in almost a > > different language. It sounded like what could be the English of 50- > > 250 years from now. Somewhat of a different level of the human life > > form. I was wondering, what is Maharishi going to say about this? It > > was the only one of the 7-8 experiences Maharishi commented on this > > morning, saying something like, more experiences like this. Hearing > > these experiences is not like coming out of program for a call, it's > > like staying in program for a call and just doing another part of > > program, a new technique. > > > > These experiences are striking in their depth, in their common > > unified value, and in the great diversity of details and _expression. > > They are very personal and authentic experiences. Some are more > > simple and some more intricate in detail, but all are on the ground > > of real simplicity and integration. Dr. John's comments seem to keep > > becoming more and more eloquent and appreciative. As the Invincible > > America Course Director, he looks more than satisfied. > > > > After many of these experiences, Dr. Bevan paused on experiences for > > the day, in order to tell the story of the Pandits' arrival, enhanced > > with some still photos. The story was simple, coherent, beautiful and > > felt momentous. > > > > Maharishi's Pandits arrived in Chicago in Raja Michael's domain to > > garlands, a large banner in Devanagari script, bags of treats and > > small gifts, bagpiper. When the music began, the custom officials > > walked out to greet Maharishi's Vedic Pandits and welcome them to > > America, as though the government was moved. After a dinner in a > > nearby Indian restaurant named SRI, the Pandits boarded their luxury > > bus and drove quietly through the evening to Iowa. > > > > Maharishi laughed when he heard early yesterday that 114 was so > > filled with people working, it was not possible to walk around. It > > was close to true. One would start walking from one location to > > another to do something, and on the way be subscripted to do > > something else for a while. After a number of jobs, one would > > remember the original job and return to it, often someone else had > > done it. There were so many people there was often a waiting line to > > go through the doors, and a continual gentle din of talking and > > machinery. As the day went on, the tasks became increasingly mop up, > > clean up and fine touches. > > > > Raja Wynne came in his white limo to check everything out. He looked > > grand. > > > > By about 10 pm, we heard the Pandits were not going to arrive til > > after 1 am, and there was a slight relaxation because there was more > > time. I was wondering, how is this going to all get finished? Then at > > about 11, someone received a call, the Pandit bus is in Iowa City. We > > had an hour. So we all just kept doing what we were doing only it > > felt more intense. One could feel one's awareness and settledness > > being challenged by the pace and intensity of activity. Outside, the > > paint was being scraped off the outside of the windows by men on > > ladders, and people were stringing 4-5 rows of holiday lights all > > over the new temporary fence outside and laying out red carpet since > > it had rained before and the ground was soft. > > > > Inside, skilled people were finishing final repairs on lights etc. in > > different areas, and different teams of people were swarming in and > > out of rooms outfitting each room with Holy Tradition photos, > > incense, Chandrika soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, linens, > > storage boxes and locks, flowers, etc. All the beds had been turned > > if necessary to face east or south. The curtains were all finished > > and looked great. The beds are beautiful light colored hand-made > > wooden beds made by Amish and the linens neatly piled on them were > > nice quality and it all looked quite good. > > > > In the main lobby foam had been put down and covered with sheets, and > > a large Holy Tradition was on the East wall with a cascade of > > glittering gold fabric behind it and flowers on each side, and a very > > large photo of Guru Dev was on another wall with flowers. A lot of > > vacuuming was going on all over, and the sheets were being tucked. > > Very close to arrival time, we received word that a miniature Vedic > > Observatory was arriving to be set up in the Center of the program > > hall. The instruments were not secured down and with little time left > > 7-8 people were looking at a photo of the observatory in a pamphlet > > and figuring out which instruments went where in the circle. It got > > worked out right. > > > > In the basement, a large table was lavishly laid out with a number of > > different Vedic sweets in many bright colors, along with cashews, > > almonds, and Medjul dates. Next to this were their long dining > > tables, 6-7" high, made of light colored highly lacquered wood, with > > the seats running parallel, which are flat boards without legs on the > > floor, also light in color and shiny, and on top of those were rows > > of creatively colored square decorative pillows. > > > > With just a few minutes left, there was a brief meeting in a wing > > lobby to explain what would happen when they came. The ladies left, I > > heard one lady saying (with a smile) she wanted to disguise herself > > as a man and stick around. The camera crew came and started setting > > up big lights outside, and a small team of people erected flags of > > the Global Country of World Peace, India, and the U.S., and a small > > banner in Devanagari script was put high on the building facing the > > road. We all were coming out and someone passed out sparklers. > > > > Then we received a call, the Pandits had arrived on campus. It was > > about midnight. Someone said the bus turned the corner onto that > > street, and someone else walked into the middle of the street with a > > lit sparkler and started slowly rotating it in circles to be visible > > from the bus. As the bus pulled up, the twenty-five or so men all > > waving sparklers formed into two welcoming lines on either side of > > the path into the building the Pandits were going to take. It was > > colorful and fun and momentous. > > > > The door opened, and the Movement camera men came out who had been in > > Chicago, then the Pandits started to come out in their dhotis and > > garlands made by the many volunteers here. Binay Krishna Baral, MUM's > > resident Master Gandharva Flute player and teacher, was at the head > > of the bus and had been the translater and key interlocuter in the > > trip. Many of the Pandits started chanting the `Swasti' chant for > > Health and walking downstairs into the frat while everyone was saying > > Jai Guru Dev with palms met. Other than the chanting, the Pandits > > were very quiet and subdued, very simple. They all walked in and sat > > down on the pillows facing east and a photo of Maharishi. > > > > Some of the Americans picked up elegant long silver serving spoons > > and started serving the sweets and nuts in paper bowls, and warm milk > > and cups of water. The Pandits didn't partake, they just waited in > > silence. Then all of a sudden seemingly without cue they started > > chanting their customary grace (not softly) before dining and it was > > really resounding in the atmosphere. They must save their breath and > > energy for chanting. I felt, this will be good for this country. Then > > Binay spoke to them in Hindi and asked them to begin eating, then to > > come to the wing lobby to identify their luggage and receive their > > room assignments; while they were eating, the men who weren't serving > > the sweets unloaded their luggage and put it in lines for > > identification. > > > > After eating, Dr. Craig (Pearson), MUMs Executive VP, gave a brief > > happy and welcoming talk translated by Binay, and then the Pandits > > came up into the lobby to find their luggage. As each found his > > luggage, one of us picked it up, went to Ron Barnett, MUMs Dean of > > Admissions, to find out which room, and carried the luggage to the > > room with the Pandit. After all the Pandits had found their rooms, we > > walked away from the frat, most probably thinking `that was an > > experience.' It was simple, coherent, beautiful, with a definite > > sense of momentous. > > > > To the west of 114 on the Dome street, a house-size refrigerator > > trailer has been set as a walk-in cooler for their food, and the > > kitchen is stacked up with large bags of rice and dal, big bags of > > spices, etc. Their food has been arranged locally for a couple days > > while their cooks rest, then their kitchen will begin cooking. > > Altogether 49 Indians came, Pandits plus about a half dozen cooks, > > assistant cooks and helpers. We were told about the same number will > > come Monday evening, and continue in the following days. > > > > Dr. Bevan described all this as a finale of today's call, and Raja > > Wynne also offered a slide show and description on today's again > > daily Global Family Chat on http://mou.org. Dr. Bevan mentioned that > > as the stock market stopped a steep downward drift on July 23, the > > day the Invincible America Course began, and began on that day a > > climb that hasn't stopped, the optimistic national energy has become > > more discriminating: Socially Responsibly Investment funds and > > companies (SRI), which participate only in companies which offer life- > > supporting products and services made in a life-supporting manner, > > have been increasing in value even more than the market: 2%/week > > since our Invincible Course began. > > > > One is left with the fullness of the incredible inner experiences all > > of us have been dreaming of for so many years (millennia?) and > > hundreds are experiencing now, the fullness of the colorful silence > > of Maharishi's Vedic Pandits and their arrival, and the fullness of > > continuing waves of Pandits arriving, until 1,000+ are reached before > > long, and the fullness of the new future we are helping Maharishi > > create for ourselves, this country, and our world. > > > > Jai Guru Dev > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! 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