It's not sad, per se. Since it's Einar writing! Actually it gives me faith and makes me happy that there is a spot for him in this world too. What a grand place that all humans may dream and be what they wish to be, including messiahs.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Celestial Unity > It is rather sad. But I guess whatever it takes to raise money is > deemed acceptable. > > On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:33 AM, llundrub wrote: > >> No mood makers here!!! >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >> 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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