--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > The moment that the TMO rebranded its Purpose in > terms of the Maharishi Effect, it declared in no uncertain > terms that "We" were the Most Important People On The > Planet, the only ones who could save it from impending > doom and Kaliyuga Konsciousness. Not my kinda scene... > glad I missed it.
Actually, you've just conveniently forgotten it. It wasn't ever *not* part of the TMO's purpose. MMY had predicted it in 1960; it was officially dubbed the Maharishi Effect in 1975 with the publication of the initial two 1% cities crime rate studies, before the TM-Sidhis. > Except for fun -- as a kind of writing exercise -- I > really have a tough time relating to the word "We." > As a pretty solitary bird of a spiritual seeker, I am > a member of no group, no sangha, no spiritual tradition. > As an ex-pat living in a country foreign to my birth, > I no longer identify with the "We" of nationality. When > I am with a group of friends, and we are doing something > together, "We" becomes relevant, but most of the time, > not so much. Sounds kinda solipsistic to me.
