--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:09 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > >> Every resource online says exactly the same thing. In > >> fact, if you look at the design of the oldest cities > >> in India, you'll find they are laid out exactly that > >> way. The ruins were uncovered some years ago. > > > > So you're trying to make the point that ancient > > Indians were just as much control freaks and just > > as out of touch with nature as Maharishi is? :-) > > I think he just gave a great explanation of why India's been > such a mess for so long--recycling used ideas that obviously > don't work, while refusing to look at anything that might > work better and might actually be in tune with nature. It's > all part of the mindset which has promoted ideas like the > caste system and mass starvation--they obviously don't work > either, but a few still cling stubbornly to the idea that > someday everyone else will see the light.
It's one of the things that makes me happy I left the TM movement before all this "If it's 'Vedic' it's good" stuff hit the fan.
