material wealth does not ensure survival of civilization sanatana dharma of vedic culture[and other world mistics] survived muslim and british domination the universal principles of sanatana dharma have survived for thousands of years and have been offered as a last chance for human race to redeem itself
in MMY case, his offer of TM was good but not good enough it should have been offered for free for everyone without selfishness Everything else that MMY offered after TM was flawed with selfishness and the TM org turned over to selfish millionaires Amma's offer of compassion and unselfishness is a much better example and the only hope I repeat, material wealth does not ensure survival of civilization, the goal of each nation should not be to get as wealthy as they can get away with, but, to become as civil as possible only civility can ensure survival of civilization that's my 2cents, anatol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anatol_zinc" anatol_zinc@ wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > Grayson is on the right track; > > what this country needs are real statesmen > > what this country needs are mahatmas like: > > Gandhi, MLKing, Peace Pilgrim > > to speak truth from the heart > > no matter what the consequences > > and move people in the direction > > of compassion away from selfishness > > > [snip] > > > The last thing this country needs is a Mahatma Gandhi. > > India has only recently gotten free of the horrible economic shackles his policies have been strangling India with. I refer to his silly "made in India" policies, particularly those surrounding the textile industry. > > In the past 10-15 years India consciously abandoned those principles and opened themselves up to globalization and they have finally begun to thrive in a big way. > > The community organiser reminds me of Gandhi. >
