--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "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 to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 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.
Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, that's about $2-3 billion. I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the Vastu Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme. Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or so. Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a year, no? Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head: Malls of America Grand Scheme Tallest Building Grand Scheme VedaLand Grand Scheme Can anyone add to the list? > 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/
