--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Is a shame to see the Invincible courses come towards an > > > end because the TM Rajas could not get effective numbers > > > of meditators together. > > > > Rather than a shame, it seems more like stupidity. Why do > > they not, on their own, have a yagya performed to get more > > people into the domes? this would be a loose test of the > > effectiveness of yagyas, and if effective, it would solve > > their own difficulty with assembling their own technology, > > bringing the numbers up to snuff. Then, according to the > > theory, it should no longer be necessary to perform yagyas > > to avert the dangers they themselves have engendered, as > > the dome numbers would take care of that. > > > > Could be they do not believe their own hype. > > I haven't said anything too terribly "TM controversial" > in a while, so I'll wade into this one. :-) > > I think that -- either consciously or subconsciously -- > Bevan and Hagelin and the Rajas have no more intention > to *ever* "achieve the numbers" than Maharishi did. And > for a very simple reason -- if you achieve the proper > numbers and the expected result does not happen, you > will have proved your own technology to be a sham. > Can't take that chance. > > Maharishi could have "achieved the numbers" AT ANY > MOMENT during his life. He *had* the money to do it. > And early on he even had the willing followers to do > it. But he never did, and I suspect that it's because > of the reason I suggest above. He was not willing to > put his theories to an actual test. > > Now that he's gone, there will be even more of a > fervor in the Raja types to keep the ME from ever > really being put to the test, because if they allowed > that and it proved the ME wrong or ineffective, they > would have (in their minds) contributed to besmirching > the name of their dear departed guru. Not. Gonna. Happen. > > As for paying for a yagya to "achieve the numbers," > that's a good idea but again, Not. Gonna. Happen. > To do that would violate one of the highest Laws > Of Nature: "Thou shalt never pay for anything > yourself if you can con someone else into paying > for it for you." :-)
Hey, they left that particular law of nature out of my SCI course years ago! >
