--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Fairfield Lifer <fairfield.li...@...> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:09 PM, John <jr_...@...> wrote: > > > > > The present caste system is an abomination of the varna system. The > > caste system is a justification for discrimination. On the other > > hane, the varna system recognizes the natural talent of the people to > > contribute work for the betterment and prosperity of society. > > > Thanks for placing your comments in the middle of 4-5 other people's > replies, so trying to figure out where to snip was a major chore. > > You just aren't getting Maharishi's contention that the workings of > the Universe are just. Maharishi has explained to us how a planeload > full of people going down in a crash are meant to be on the plane and > there are no accidents, there are no innocent victims. > > There's also no discrimination, if we look at the world that way. Not > between genders, people of different sexual orientations, tall, short, > fair skinned, dark skinned. You're born into the right family. After > all, Maharishi asserted that the Brahmin pundits have something > special in their DNA which makes it possible for them alone to enliven > the Vedas. I heard enough rumors from TM teachers in the early days > about blacks and their very limited participation in learning and > staying with TM as an indication that they are the sons of Cain. I > heard this talk from much too many initiators to not believe that > Maharishi had mentioned this sort of thing on a course. What's > interesting is that the initiators didn't think this belief odd at > all. It was all part of the cosmic plan as described by Maharishi. >
Are you kidding me? (a la Jim Mora of beer commercial fame) OK. It's a practical joke.
