The numbers. I got introduced to someone who had lunch with Howard Settle last week. Howard is wondering, why are there so few Fairfield meditators in the domes?
What would you tell Howard about this? I told the person to tell Howard that he ought to come up here and have coffee off-campus with folks in town (Fairfield -not Vedic City) to find out the answer. -D < Om, their grand experiment... What could they possibly do to get the numbers they need for their utopia? People seem to be staying outside or not coming back in. What could they do to change that direction? Jai Guru Dev, -Doug in FF 163190 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Om, their grand experiment... What could they possibly do to get the > numbers they need for their utopia? People seem to be staying > outside or not coming back in. What could they do to change that > direction? > > Jai Guru Dev, > > -Doug in FF > > 163190 > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: David Orme-Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:08 PM > > To: David Orme-Johnson > > Subject: Rationale for the Maharishi Effect > > > > > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > > > > > The rationale for the Maharishi Effect, which holds that we exist > in a field > > of consciousness through which everyone is connected, is a very old > idea > > with a high pedigree. Even more exciting is that the modern seers > who know > > natural law the best, the greatest physicists of our time, have > been lead by > > their discoveries to the realization that consciousness is the most > > fundamental level of natural law. > > > > > > > > I just added a rationale section to TruthAboutTM.com, snappily > entitled > > "HYPERLINK > > "http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/SocietalEffects/Rationale- > Research/index. > > cfm#rationale"Some Conceptual Precedents for a Field Theoretic View > of > > Consciousness from the Perennial Philosophy, Social Sciences, and > Quantum > > Physics." > > > > > > > > You can go to the link above to view the whole thing, and/or here > are some > > excerpts. > > > > > > > > Perennial Philosophy. The suggestion that individuals interact > directly at a > > distance through an underlying common field of consciousness has a > long > > history. Indeed, it is embedded in the "perennial philosophy," the > term > > Aldous Huxley (1945) first applied to the universal system of > thought that > > has persisted throughout history in all parts of the world and which > > continues to be seriously discussed by major thinkers, as > documented by > > Sheer (1994). The key tenets of the perennial philosophy can be > stated as: > > (1) the phenomenal world is a manifestation of an unmanifest > transcendental > > ground, a field of consciousness or Being, which is the infinite > organizing > > power structuring all forms and phenomena in the universe; (2) the > human > > mind also has a transcendental ground, which is the silent level of > > transcendental consciousness at the basis of all thought and > perception; (3) > > transcendental consciousness is the direct experience by the > individual of > > the transcendental ground of the universe; and (4), this experience > > organizes individual and collective life to be fully evolutionary, > creative, > > harmonious, and problem-free. From this perspective, the key to > creating an > > ideal society is a technology that promotes transcending from the > waking > > state mind to experience transcendental consciousness (Maharishi, > 1977). The > > physiological correlates of transcendental consciousness through > Maharishi's > > Transcendental Meditation technique have been extensively studied > (e.g., > > Wallace, 1970; Travis & Pearson, 1999; Travis, Tecce, Arenander, & > Wallace, > > 2002). > > > > > > > > The transcendental ground of the universe is conceived of in terms > of a God > > concept in many cultures. In others, like Taoism and Vedanta, it is > simply > > regarded as an abstract field of pure consciousness. > > > > > > > > Social Sciences. Concepts of collective consciousness have been > proposed by > > some of the founders of the social sciences, such as Fechner's > > transcendental basis of perception, Durkheim's conscience > collective, and > > Jung's collective unconscious. > > > > > > > > Gustav Fechner is best known for developing methods of measuring > sensory > > thresholds, which are the least amounts of energy that the senses > can > > detect. What motivated his studies of thresholds was his experience > of a > > single transcendental continuum of "general consciousness" > underlying the > > discontinuities of numerous localized individual minds associated > with > > different people. He illustrated the idea with a model in which > individual > > minds were likened to separate islands in the water. But if the > level of the > > water were lowered sufficiently, the "islands" would be seen to > actually be > > mountains that are connected at their base by the ground. Like > that, if the > > perceptual threshold were insensitive, as is usually the case, then > each > > individual mind would experience itself as isolated from other > minds. But if > > the sensory threshold were sufficiently refined, Fechner believed, > the > > individual would experience the continuity of consciousness at the > basis of > > all minds. Fechner felt that such a lowering of the sensory > threshold was > > what happened to him when he himself had a direct experience of > what he > > called the general consciousness. > > > > > > > > Physics. Many of the founders of modern physics have expressed their > > insights that, like the perennial philosophy, the ultimate reality > is a > > field of consciousness. Although the remarks of great scientists > are not > > formally a part of science, it is significant that those who > understand the > > scientific paradigm most clearly have made such statements. For > example, Sir > > James Jeans (1932), the eminent British physicist and mathematician > who was > > the first to propose that matter is continuously created throughout > the > > universe, said: "Thirty years ago, we thought, or assumed that we > were > > heading towards an ultimate reality of a mechanical kind .... Into > this > > wholly mechanical world .... life had stumbled by accident .... > Today there > > is a wide measure of agreement, which on the physical side of > science > > approaches almost unanimously, that the stream of knowledge is > heading > > towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more > like a > > great thought than a great machine. Mind no longer appears as an > accidental > > intruder into the realm of matter; we are beginning to suspect that > we ought > > rather to hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of > matternot of > > course our individual minds, but the mind in which the atoms of > which our > > individual minds have grown exist....." (pp. 185-186). > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Orme-Johnson, Ph.D. > > > > HYPERLINK "mailto:davidoj@"davidoj@ > > > > HYPERLINK "http://www.truthabouttm.com/"www.TruthAboutTM.com > > > > HYPERLINK "http://www.seagroveartist.com/"www.SeagroveArtist.com > > > > 191 Dalton Dr. > > > > Seagrove Beach, FL 32459 > > > > 850-231-2866 > > > > 850-231-5012 Fax > > > > > > > > > > > > >
