--- In [email protected], "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > Maharishi seems to denounce democracy. ( "Damn Democracy" ) > > > > I will never accept this, until I see a bunch of people literally > > flying through the air spreading flowers of bliss. > > > > Until then, I will never give up on democracy (and that is nothing > > to do with Bush's ignorant redneck understanding of the issue....just > > to be clear for you Busheep warmonger retards) > > > > Where do you stand? > > Make your case. > > > > And...please...don't give us some BS about enlightened Kings. > > Until they are floating through the air dropping gold and bliss > > honey on everyone, they are just dead men walking. > > > > Where do you stand on democracy? > > > > Let us know > > Demo + cracy is a wonderful concept: people going about their own > lives with no interference, or in a more less benign way: the > oppression of the minority of the majority. > > In practice, unfortunately, democracy is neither of this - it's a > "system of government" that has proven itself to be highly susceptible > to perversion through sow-dissension-and-divide-and-rule attacks by > small secret lodges of men seeking power. > > This weakness has been exploited on all scales of human organization: > from international relations, to inside countries - to this list.>>
That is dangerous talk. Go back a couple of hundred years to when women could not vote, blacks could not vote, commoners were lucky to get a vote in most countries, and the majority of people were used as slaves for the industrial revolution machine. You forget too easily how people strived for the right to a vote, and reason was that the rulers abused them. Never in history has a King sacrificed anything for the people, except when forced to. They always looked down on you and used you as a slave. Not only that, they, as dictators exploited and raped other countries across the world like it was their divine right. People here have a total misunderstanding of what Maharishi is saying. He is (and always has said) that Brahman is the Charioteer, every person is Royalty, every person is divine being, every person is the Cosmic Administrator, every person in the Ruler of the Universe, every person is a Maharishi. There are no kings and subjects. He has simply been leading you down the garden path with that, in order to have people wake up to their own Godhead. Democracy is imperfect in the US and elsewhere in some respects, but you can vote, and enough of you can change things. For example, vote for Al Gore (he will stand), he is a TM'r too. OffWorld
