> > 300 children. > > Is there anyone left inside MIU that could explain the spiritual facts of > life to these unruly children and those outsiders who agitate them? >
Om, the University student. Here, are the spiritual facts of life: There is not time to waste. Listen; "Young people all, attention give And hear what I shall say; I wish your souls with meditation to live In everlasting day. Remember you are hast'ning on To death's dark gloomy shade; Your joys on earth will soon be gone, Your flesh in dust be laid. Death's iron gate you must pass through Ere long , my dear young friends; With whom do you think to go? With saints, or non-meditating fiends? Will you pursue your dangerous ways? Pray meditate before too late Behold, a light before the gate Most lovingly it doth shine. Young people all I pray then view The fountain open wide, The spring of life, opened for sin, Which flows the transcendent side; There you may drink in endless joy, And reign with the unified field your king In glad notes your souls employ, And hallelujahs sing." A beautiful meditation hymn and strong message to the tune at: http://shapenote.net/37b.htm > > > "Recently, about 300 students signed a petition vowing that they were all > going to drop out if the university didn't stop forcing them to meditate" > > > > > > > Our call to be meditators is something more than a casual circumstance. I > > feel its force and realize its holiness. As a meditator in the sphere of > > nature, I realize how enslaved we should have been to the fashions and life > > that gratify the merely animal passions. As a conservative meditator in > > the spiritual family of Fairfield meditators, I am relieved from earthly > > servitude, and am a free being; free to live and be as pure as the heavens, > > with companions who are also pure. > > > > I am happy in my call to an entire consecration of soul and body in > > meditation, to a cause so noble; and though many rebel against the call of > > meditation, I know that the discipline of a meditating life is of God and > > that its principles in science can never fail, I have tasted the bread and > > waters of a regenerated and eternal life in meditation, and to every > > sincere seeker after truth, I send greeting, and welcome to share in > > meditation, in Fairfield. > > > > Jai Adi Shankara, > > -Doug in FF > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > Recently, about 300 students signed a petition vowing that they were all > > > going to drop out if the university didn't stop forcing them to meditate > > > by > > > taking attendance at mandatory group meditations. MUM caved, and that > > > policy > > > was dropped. A study was then conducted that determined that the student > > > body consists of > > > > > > . 30% entrepreneurs - career-oriented kids who mainly want to > > > learn > > > skills and enter the workforce. TM and SCI aren't high priorities. > > > . 60% "dreamers" who want to change the world. They appreciate TM > > > but don't see it as the lynchpin of that endeavor. They're into > > > environmentalism and other causes. > > > . 10% devotees > > > > > > The faculty are about 90% devotees, so their attempts to impose their > > > values > > > on the students weren't working. The university is trying to translate > > > this > > > assessment into practical steps to become more relevant and appealing to > > > students. > > > > > > I wonder whether all this is related to Bevan Morris' recent withdrawal > > > from > > > the board of trustees? > > > > > > o
