--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Back in the '70s I remember MMY saying on a tape (in > > > > reference to > > > > > setting up TM): "I could have made it a religion"...well, > > > > somewhere > > > > > along the way -- somewhere in between 1975 and today -- he > DID > > > > make > > > > > it a religion...and I'm not referring to TM but to the TMO. > > > > Anyone > > > > > > > > One of the most emotional speeches I heard while I was at MIU, > > > back > > > > around the time of the Court Case; where TM was being taught > in > > > > several New Jersey schools with great success, and some > Christian > > > > Religious group from California, protested that you can't > teach > > TM > > > > in Public Schools, because it's a religion; > > > > The ultimately got the Puja, translated and proclaimed it to > be a > > > > religion, in Court, in Philadelphia Superior Fed. Court; and > it > > > was > > > > decided not to pursue the matter any further. > > > > Anyway, Jerry Jarvis, made a very angry speech, saying how > stupid > > > > were the "powers that be" and more or less said that they had > > > > condemned the school system to failure, in the United States, > > > which > > > > we can see has been fairly accurate. > > > > At that time, I could sense the attitude of the movement > shifting > > > > toward the stance that it has now; > > > > Instead of working with the established system, the movement > > > regards > > > > the established system, whether it be educational, spiritual, > > > > political, or economic as basically retarded. > > > > In this vain, the attitude is now, that the movement has > > > structured > > > > it's own reality, in a world that is quite insane, in order to > > > stand > > > > out. > > > > Let's face it, in an enlightened world, who cares how strange > the > > > > people in the movement seem to be, > > > > If they want to fly in the dome 24 hours a day, > > > > I say: "Go for It!" > > > > > > > > > I was also at MIU as a student at that time. I remember looking > at > > > the curriculum book that the TMO had set up for the New Jersey > High > > > School students. Very beautiful book with beautiful photographs > of > > > sunsets etc. to demonstrate the power of C.I. etc. > > > > > > The only problem was that you could replace the word "absolute" > > that > > > the Movement used in the book with the word "God" and it would > have > > > meant exactly the same thing...so if the court didn't catch the > TMO > > > on the puja they would have caught them on the book which was > set > > up > > > in such a way that it DID violate the separation of church and > > state. > > > > The court pretty much noted that. Infact, it wasn't the puja, but > SCI > > that was the thing that caught the court's eye. > > > Well, then, you are confirming that my concerns were correct. > > Makes me wonder why, then, the movement would do such a thing.
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