I don't necessarily disagree with any of your remarks; However, when I listened to Maharishi's explanation for the new buildings, I believe he called them "Wealth Producing", not enlightenment producing; Perhaps, this indicates a basic change in desire, from enlightenment, to wealth and money. Much like the rest of our culture right now: Money is the God of our culture; Perhaps Maharishi started to recognize this, years ago, when this lust for money became the norm, during the Reagan Administration..
> > Sparaig is asking what specifically is so offensive about, > > after 20 years or more, there being a recertification course? > > What is offensive is charging more for the "course" > (which as we all know involved no new training) than > the teachers paid for their original training, and > declaring them persona non grata in the organization > if they don't pony up the cash. > > What is offensive is the *real* reason for the > "recertification" program, which is that the TMO has > realized it doesn't have any binding legal agree- > ments with any of its teachers, and wanted to impose > them retroactively. And, of course, make the teachers > pay for the organization's oversight. > > > Or about Vastu pronouncements, etc? > > Vastu as a theory is no more offensive than any other > theory about living in harmony with the earth like > feng shui or Tibetan Sa-che or Western geomancy. > > What is offensive is declaring that the world *has* to > be rebuilt according to one man's interpretation of > this theory to sustain world peace. > > What is offensive is the assumption that people would > actually *go along with* rejecting their own cultural > traditions and tearing down all their historical build- > ings, just because some senile old fart says they should. > > What is offensive is that TB TMers can actually listen > to these ideas and not see (as can almost *anyone* who > lives in the real world) that the person proposing them > is completely out of touch with reality. > > What is offensive is that the TBs do this because they > wish to believe that the gentleman who is proposing > these insane, unworkable ideas once taught them some- > thing they found valuable, and they now feel that they > should believe everything he says about anything, just > because he says it. > > What is offensive is the idea that living in "perfect > environments" leads to perfect behavior, coming from the > organization that has seen one murder and many suicides > in such perfect environments. > > And what is *most* offensive is the basic theory behind > what Maharishi is proposing, which is that the relative > world has the ability to prevent inner peace and enlight- > enment, and that the only real way to realize these goals > is to reshape the relative world. It's as far from the > eternal message of enlightenment as it is possible to get. ------------------------ 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/
