From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why TM'rs are WRONG about democracy (was: Are you with us, or against us?)
--- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On Behalf Of off_world_beings > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Why TM'rs are WRONG about democracy (was: Are you > with us, or against us?) > > > > 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 says that, but he doesn't run the movement that way. The movement is very > hierarchical. There is a vast difference between the ways people at opposite > ends of the social scale are treated. > Do you really think that peons get a chance to see the Dali Lama these days, unless it is a publicity gimmick? Past a certain size, organizational structure disallows the boss from getting his hands dirty with the peasants. I'm not talking about getting to see him. I doubt very much that the Dali Lama lavishes jewels and expensive clothes and cushy digs on the important people while treating the little people as expendable commodities.
