yeah, this was known at MIU during those years
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] 8000 in '88 > 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 > > > > >
