Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
Bingo. Sal On Apr 18, 2006, at 1:30 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: That is possible.  There are a *lot* of people who are afraid of taking responsibility for their own lives, and who are hoping desperately for Santa Claus to come along and rule them and tell them what to do all the time so they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/18/06 1:20 AM, bob_brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: What MMY and the TMO holds up as a guide to the ideal form of administration is The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/18/06 10:12 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't find anywhere that Bob suggested there was a modern-day, real-world example of an ideal society. Seems to me he was talking about (a) why someone might have confidence in the Vedic account of a Sat-Yuga golden age, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-18 Thread Vaj
On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:36 PM, bob_brigante wrote: The pundits in the Brahmastan of India are purifying the atmosphere there so that Vedic culture can be restored to India -- when that happens, there will be an ideal society serving as a lighthouse to the world. So you've seen pictures of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread Vaj
On Apr 17, 2006, at 11:02 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: But imagine that the person being forced to learn and practice it is yourself, and that the technique that has gained politically-correct favor enough to be made mandatory is Scientology. Or Subud. Or for those who are, in true TM fashion,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/17/06 11:55 AM, anonyff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the giant Vedic Science course in the Indian Express Building in New Delhi, India, very early 80s, during a lecture one afternoon, someone asked Maharishi somewhere in the course of a discussion about governments around the globe:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Forcing people to meditate, was: The Feud--one lurker's view

2006-04-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
And they all lived happily ever after. Sal On Apr 17, 2006, at 4:45 PM, bob_brigante wrote: What MMY and the TMO holds up as a guide to the ideal form of administration is The Ramayana, which recounts how Lord Rama ruled at Ayodha for ~11,000 years some two million years ago. Lord Rama