In a message dated 4/12/2007 10:11:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not my idea....they already are, 1. TM as a Movement, using (as a remnant of Hinduism) the "Holy Tradition" puja; but not as a strong religious ideology. The SBAL and BG would be sufficient adjuncts. In the context of this possible fusion into one "Great Tradition" (Adi Da's term - Wilber has a similar term for the whole unified body of Monist Sadhanas which form an integral part of Buddhism and Saivite Hinduism); TM could easily be practiced by Buddhists without compromising their philosophical orientation. 2. Next, Advaita, i.e. "Neo-Advaita" since (1.) emerged from the Advaita Vedanta of Shankara and is thus Advaita; but in recent decades, dozens of self-styled teachers and spontaneously "Awakened" persons have come out of the wood work; many being oriented to Ramana Maharshi: if not outright devotees of R.M. then at least influenced by him, for example: Eckhart Tolle. If one could venture to compare the total Power of this influential group, vis a vis the remnant of the TM "Movement"; well...it's safe to say that the TMO is a walking corpse, not knowing it's already a zombie, half-way in the grave. But no matter. Though as a Movement TM will perhaps fizzle out in our lifetimes; countless people will be practicing it in a forthcoming true "Age of Enlightenment"practic will undoubtedly include hordes of Buddhists. 3. Third, as mentioned above, Buddhism can easily adopt TM as a technique (and I predict, will do so on a wholesale basis when circumstances are right). Thus, the 3 Movements mentioned above can be merged into one morphogenetic field, with a complementary mix of diverse energies; all oriented toward the Monist philosophical viewpoint, but adding some additional evolutionary benefits from Buddhism - namely, the Rainbow Light Body. This can be thought of as the ultimate goal of our biological evolution. Using Venn diagrams (as another contributor suggested), we have 3 circles which overlap: Circles A, B, and C. Thus, A intersects B intersects C. We can map prime numbers on each circle, say 2, 3, and 5.. The intersecting area = the product of any of the primes. Of course, the central area = the full unification of all 3 Traditions: 2 * 3 * 5 = 30. How about partial unifications: Say TM + Buddhism. Sure!! This will occur some day, I predict. Not real soon, some day in the future. The possibilities with 3 entities, taken 2 at a time are: Say TM = 2, Advaita = 3 and Buddhism = 5: 1. TM + Advaita = 2 * 3 = 6 2. TM + Buddhism = 2 * 5 = 10 3. Advaita + Buddhism = 3 * 5 = 15. Hope you will be there for the true "Age of Enlightenment"Hope you will definitely not in it now, contrary to what MMY would have us believe. There's a lot more work to do. To conclude, TM can be merged with Advaita and Buddhism to form one larger hologram having a certain degree of diversity to make things spicey. But essentially, this will become the "Great Tradition" Adi Da and Wilber talk about under the guise of various labels. The essential ingredient is non-dualism, common to the 3 traditions which are artificially separate at this time. In decades to come, the 3 entities will fuse, and over the centuries, will gradually displace the dualist "Monotheistic" religions. Bravo! Can't wait. > The Hindus will never merge Buddhism with TM. The real changes come worlwide when other races such as the Pleiadian's educate us about their lifestyle. All religions including Buddhism will parish over the next six years. Most of the leaders including the Dalai Lama are not willing to give up their hold on their own thought forms in order to completely surrender to the now. MMY and many other leaders are not willing to work together. Terrorist work much better together than spiritual or religious organizations. Man has created a mind that runs like a machine. As long as he keeps the machine tuned up through constant absorption of doctrine passed on from the past he will continue to grow in his own self made egoic experience of a false sense of self. Who cares what religion you belong to or what non-dual philosophy you follow. We can't even get the majority of humanity to sit in silence for three minutes a day and now the non duality will integrate with duality. Lsoma. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
