--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > <snip> > > > But I think you've answered my original question: > > > you think he failed (in my terms) whether or not TM, > > > properly administered, could save the world (in other > > > words, you don't know whether TM could save the world). > > > > You think incorrectly, if you think that's what > > I said. I believe he failed at living his life > > well. Whether the world could be "saved" or not > > is irrelevant. The only thing that is important > > IMO is, if you have announced "saving the world" > > publicly as your goal, you should act as if you > > believed it, and put your best effort into > > achieving it. I remain unconvinced that Maharishi > > did either after about 1975. > > OK, so you *didn't* answer my original question.
It was a "Have you stopped beating your wife?" question. You gave only two options, neither of which I agree with. I could only answer by proposing more options. > But what is the issue of whether the world could be > saved irrelevant *to*, in your view? The goal -- whatever it is -- is irrelevant to how one creates or fails to create right means to achieve it. The achievement or non-achieve- ment of the goal is irrelevant, only how well one lives one's life in the pursuit of it. IMO, of course. ------------------------ 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/
