I never heard anything of this or even a hint of it during those years. Did anybody else. I know in Fairfield from 88-90 I would have heard something. I think its PR bullshit. Wouldn't be the first time! Aslo 8,000 siddhas would have to be drawn from the USA where most of the siddhis lived.
--- Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the new Peace Government website, > permanentpeace.org, I read the > following: > > "For three years, from 1988 to 1990, at a location > just outside New > Delhi, in India, a single philanthropist supported a > group of 8,000 > experts in the Transcendental Meditation technique > and the advanced > TM-Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying). Over > those three years, > every major conflict in the world peacefully > resolved. First, a war of > seven years between Iraq and Iran that had claimed > millions of lives > finally came to an end. Then, after five years, the > Soviet Union's > brutal invasion of Afghanistan was called to a halt. > Most encouraging, > in 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union > dissolved, and forty > years of Cold War simply melted away." > > Was this a group of 8000 Sidhas (as opposed to a > mixture of Sidhas and > regular TM meditators)? And was the existence of > this group widely > known in the Movement? I read a mention of it a few > years ago, I > think in Enlightenment Magazine, but it doesn't seem > to have been > loudly trumpeted among the Movement. Perhaps > because, the end of the > Cold War notwithstanding, it doesn't seem that it > produced much in the > way of world peace. > > Wars ending, in itself, doesn't really provide > evidence of increased > world peace; all wars do come to an end eventually > anyway. It's HOW > the wars end. If a war stops because one side has > been defeated or > because of a mere cessation of fighting without a > decrease in > hostility between the countries, this can hardly be > seen as evidence > of increased world peace. And what about other > factors that one would > expect to show a change in a positive direction > during the existence > of a group of 8000? There's no mention of these. I > looked > at the US crime rate stats and there was no change > in those years. > Perhaps that's why the existence of this group has > not been paraded by > the TMO. I sure don't think anybody felt the > collective consciousness > of the world strongly and suddenly change back then. > > > > > > 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] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Degrees online in as fast as 1 Yr MBA, Bachelor's, Master's, Assoc http://yahoo.degrees.info
