--- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > My advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. > > > > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people? > > > > Well, duh. :-) > > > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone > > to teach? I think you'd have to be an absolute > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest > > obstacle to people learning TM. > > > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change > > anything is naive. The direction of the movement > > is set. TM is passé. > > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect. > Control is more important than than the benefits of the technique? > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor. Every new scheme requires more of them, and emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less. The original message of spiritually regenerating the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people to meditate has clearly been superceded by the message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down" via Sthapatya-Veda. We never know how long the "latest and greatest" Grand Scheme is going to last. This one may not last more than the time it takes to discover that investors are not exactly impressed enough to put their money into a scheme that benefits no one financially except the TM movement (unless you buy the not-exactly-mainstream idea that a few correctly designed buildings in the right places are going to make life better for everyone else). But the trend is clear. No new Grand Scheme in years has emphasized the teaching of TM. They've all been about creating large groups of "flyers" or large groups of pundits or building new physical structures. I really don't see that changing, even if this latest Grand Scheme goes belly-up tomorrow. I suspect that at this point what one thinks about Maharishi and the future of the TM movement really comes down to a matter of faith. If you believe that he is enlightened, and that the enlightened by definition act in accord with the "Laws Of Nature," then you might have some hope for the future of the TMO. If you view him as more of a CEO, formulating business plans for a multimillion- dollar organization and designing Grand Schemes that will determine its future, you might not be convinced that the TMO *has* a future. As with almost everything in the spiritual smorgasbord, your mileage may vary... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
