--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > "A miracle is going to happen" > > > > > > Maharishi concluded by reassuring the world press that a miracle > is > > > going to happen. "With the grace of Guru Dev and the tradition of > > > Vedic masters, the Vedic Pandits are going to transform salt into > > > sugar through their Vedic performances. They are going to > transform > > > Kali Yuga, which is the age of negativity, into Sat Yuga, which > is > > > the age of positivity. But this miracle is not an empty hope or a > > > dream. It is a practical reality that is going to occur in a > natural > > > way by enlivening in world consciousness Total Natural Lawthe > > > perfect system of the administration of the universe," Maharishi > > > said. "So it doesn't matter what the past has been, because the > > > collective consciousness of every nation will soon be coherent, > > > invincible, and fulfilledfree from all problems, disturbances, > and > > > suffering." > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <claudiouk@> > wrote: > > > > What's not clear is why India, with all these pandits THERE have > not > > already changed IT into a paragon of Sat Yuga.. exporting pandits > is > > just redistributing the same numbers differently, at the expense > of > > India itself. Furthermore one keeps hearing about land being > bought for > > pandits or dwellings for a couple of hundred being ready but never > that > > any one LARGE group of 8,000 having been estasblished ANYWHERE > (even > > though the money spent in buying land all over the place - useless > > places like in New York state etc - could have been used solely > for > > such a cosmic priority). This seems to have been going on for > DECADES, > > when it was clear all along that the Movement itself had to do > this, as > > governments or billionaires were most unlikely to risk reputations > on > > such unconventional projects. Imagine if the last 20 years had > been > > dedicated from the start with this aim in mind - establishing ONE > > permanent group of 8,000 in India; and the required number in key > > countries like the USA, Israel, Lebanon, etc. Instead of 3000 > Peace > > Palaces always on the drawing board maybe just 30 REAL ones in key > > capitals of the world, to start with. It does seem rather too > little > > and just too late. Or is it?? > > > It is a puzzle, isn't it? An equal or greater puzzle is when we ask > ourselves why *we* are not paragons of Sat Yuga; each of us. After > all, there is just one of us. Meditating for one person; a 1 to 1 > relationship. More powerful even than the ratios of 1-100 and the > square root of one percent of a population. Everyone in our group of > one gets the direct influence of a meditator. So why is each of us > meditators not a paragon of Sat Yuga? >
Many/most TMers start TM because they believe they have problems and need something to help. The question to be asking is: has meditation helped you in any way?