--- In [email protected], "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MAHARISHI: Just as in any government there is a head of > state, there is a prime minister, there are assemblies - > hierarchy. > > Wherever there is organization, wherever there is action, > there is hierarchical organization...
Just to try to discuss a spiritual topic for a change :-), government (or organization of any kind) does *not* imply hierarchy. Just as relational databases are generally more efficient and flexible than hierarchical databases, organizations that are run relationally tend to be more efficient and flexible than organi- zations that are run hierarchically. I thus find it difficult to believe that the universe has arranged itself hierarchically. I fully understand that Maharishi grew up in a culture that sees the universe arranged that way, but I really do not. Maybe it's an Occam's Razor nerd thing -- it's pretty well established that in the world of computing relational kicks hierarchical's ass. Why should I believe that the universe is not as smart as a buncha nerds? :-)
