I think if so many who vent about this issue had listened to themselves more carefully when they were pledging heart and soul to the Movement, there wouldn't be such feelings of indignation now.
At one point while working for the Movement, I had applied for teacher training. At the same time, my expectations of the Movement grew quite high. Self-preservation really kicked in and I began to evaluate the organization from a standpoint of how well it served and would serve my needs. After determining that there was no fit, I was gone in about a month. As I had mentioned before it is all dharma. No different than if some on this board felt at some point that they wanted to be doctors, for example. Some would make it and some wouldn't. I recognize the response to my 'doctor' example could be that at least when one sets out to be a doctor, the rules to follow are well defined on how to get there. This is a legitimate difference then between becoming a doctor and enlightening the world. There is no existing project plan on how to enlighten the world. And some of the things Maharishi has done seem callous, etc. I must say in response to that that any endeavor in the world is similar. We will come across our challenges and our temporary failures, which are there to test us and ultimately guide us in the right direction. The world of business and technology where I operate is no more fair than Maharishi is. Claiming that the wrong exists in the Maharishi, in the Maharishi's plan to enlighten the world, or in the world of business is just soothing the ego when it is suffering. Better to focus on what we need personally to get back on track. Thanks, Jim --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with the sentiments and logic expressed below. Only MMY > doesn't plan at all - he seems to just react spontaneously to gut > feelings. The plan emerges from one such reaction to another but it > unfolds "unthinkingly". He can't logically justify decisions. So he > hears Blair was re-elected and without bothering to discover the true > facts he acts upon an intuition. The history of the Movement is a > succession of projects started then abandoned in such confusing > fashion. > > Now it may be that even the "failures" served some unfathomable > purpose - spread some seeds about, disciplined his followers, slowed > down the pace of transformation, whatever. And it may be that at some > future point the "pattern" resulting from all this multitasking will > become apparent or at least begin to yield results approximating the > exalted claims made by the TMO, but so far this has not happened. > Moreover he could have "reacted", in many instances, with more > graciousness and caring - compassion - for people affected by such > decisions. Take the Blair affair - he vented his anger against > Britain but never even paused to consider, let alone express > something appropriate to say to, the thousands of decent ordinary > meditators in that country who will in the process be completely > abandoned and undeservedly "punished". Even in a commercial business > when redundancies become necessary it is important to address the > impact on the workforce, on the human level. For MMY we are too > literally "just pawns". It then becomes impossible to distinguish his > hunches and behaviour from that of someone who is insensitive, > uneducated, amoral or even.. insane! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
