TurquoiseB offers his services to Maharishi:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > New position open in Vlodrop -- TM Movement Fool: > > In all seriousness, I think the thing that would most > benefit the TM movement (and thus the world) is the > creation of one "job" there in Vlodrop. The position > would be to act as court fool to Maharishi. > As captured so well in Shakespeare (probably more than > in real life) the court fool was a really important > figure in the royal courts of Europe. The job duties > of the fool were simple -- TO TELL THE TRUTH. The fool > was pretty much the only person in the court who could, > and would, tell the king what was REALLY going on, and > what his decisions had accomplished or failed to accomp- > lish in the real world outside the palace. > > I suggest that there is a strong need for such a position > within the TM movement. There could be no closer counter- > part to the isolated, palace-bound monarch than Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi. He hasn't left his rooms in...what?...decades. > So his lofty plans and schemes for the world and how to > improve its lot are of necessity flawed, based on faulty > information about that world. Assuming that things have > not changed since I was around him, Maharishi's news is > heavily FILTERED. The flunkies he allows around him have > learned over the years what he WANTS to hear, and they > carefully filter out anything he *doesn't* want to hear. > > What is needed is someone who is EXEMPT, someone who is > *allowed* to tell the truth to the monarch, without fear > of losing his position...or his head...for doing so. > Maharishi NEEDS a fool, someone to speak up and tell him > when one of his schemes is based on unreality, on a > vision of the world that has nothing to do with how > things really are. > > In this case, the fool could have donned his cap and bells, > cavorted gaily in front of Maharishi's throne (or, more > likely, bed) and said, "Y'know Maharishi...building a big > university in Bumfuck, Kansas and declaring that 10,000 > young, inspired meditators would come there and spend > their days butt-bouncing for peace is an interesting idea, > but YOU DON'T HAVE 10,000 YOUNG, INSPIRED MEDITATORS > any more. You've driven almost all of the older meditators > away, and those who are still around wouldn't allow their > OWN kids to jeapordize their futures by attending a TM > university in the middle of nowhere. You couldn't raise > more than 1200 old, even somewhat inspired old farts to > come and buttbounce for peace in Fairfield, a community > that offers them a few things to do with themselves when > they *weren't* butt-bouncing, even when you offered to pay > them to come there. And now you expect *young* people to > check themselves into basically a prison for a number of > years for no other reason than because YOU WANT THEM TO? > Get REAL, dude!" > > Maharishi wouldn't *appreciate* hearing this news, of > course, no more than King Lear appreciated some of the > things *his* fool told him. But at least *someone* would > be there to tell him the truth. Lear's fool came to a > bad end for telling the truth, and the TM Movement Fool > might suffer the same fate. But damn! someone should > really TRY. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > Dear Meditators, Citizen Sidhas, and Governors, > > > > On January 14th at 3:30 PM EST there will be a national conference > > call with all of the American Rajas and all of the Ministers of the > > Global Country of World Peace in Holland. > > > > The purpose of this call is to describe the plans to create a new > > university in the geographic center of the United States—in the > > Brahmasthan of America, in Kansas. This university, called Central > > University, will offer the curriculum of Total Knowledge, the > > unified field, which will have a unifying effect on the whole > > country. > > > > There will be 200 students from each of the 50 states—a total of > > 10,000 students, all practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM- > > Sidhi program together at the same time. This initiative is possible > > now that America is achieving invincibility through the almost 2000 > > Yogic Flyers in Maharishi Vedic City and Maharishi University of > > Management in Iowa. > > > > The goal is to have the construction of the buildings of Central > > University well underway by Guru Purnima in July of this year, > > parallel with the construction in the World Capital of Peace in the > > Brahmasthan of India for 16,000 Vedic Pandits. > > > > In the next few days we would like to reach all Meditators, Citizen > > Sidhas, and Governors, other well-wishers of peace, and educational > > foundations, to invest in, or donate to, the construction of Central > > University. We would like expressions of support from everyone > > interested and how much they would be interested in investing or > > donating. Each Raja has set up procedures for this, but potential > > supporters could express their interest also by sending an email to > > CentralUniversity@ or by calling 1-800-373-9664. > > > > To connect with the conference call tomorrow please dial 512-225- 3019 > > and enter code 60345#. And please let us know any questions you might > > have in advance by contacting us at the email or phone number above. > > > > Jai Guru Dev. > > > > Raja Dean > > Raja of Washington > > > > Raja Wynne > > Raja of Maharishi Vedic America > > >
