--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rick" <risrosen@> 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. > > > > Heh. The invasion of Kuwait, followed by the counter-invasion by dozens of countries isn't > a sign of anything... > > Of course, you're correct: we can't REALLY be sure of the effect on world consciousness by > these groups, especially when the groups are not well-documented, but perhaps MMY > believes that the internal studies done on this group of 8000 over 2 year's period justify > the risk of failure by announcing the Fairfield "study" to the world. >
I don't know that I follow you...are you saying that Gulf War I was a sign of increased world peace???
