Nothing went wrong for Maharishi. He has been a total success. Even the Rolling Stones lose fans with each new album. Consider their past hits, at almost two albums a year for their whole career, and yet, now they cannot get airplay. It's just the changing of the times and the fact of an anachronism hanging onto previous glory. Nothing really has changed but the audience and its appreciation. Moreover, even had the Stones kept following previous hits with new versions it would not have gathered a return of the old audience because the times change and people want to feel the cutting edge. )(paragraph break ..!..)
The failure is more of MIU and Fairfield. If a failure it is. Many people would not consider the superradiance numbers a standard or litmus for success, but rather the daily quality of living, and I bet that in FF that has developed for many, while diminishing for some. There is nothing Maharishi could in fact do besides dissolve 'the band' and start over. Which in fact he has tried to do over and over. Of course that also has its own risks such as facing the obscurity of inconsistency. Maharishi and I would reckon most Hindu gurus are becoming a thing of the past as we see how Hinduism when taken on by Westerners is a weak façade of spirituality. More nonsectarian gurus from India are now leading the way, and seva has taken the place of spiritual selfishness of sitting in samadhi for countless hours while ones children are running wild from lack of quality attention. The reality is that FF and MIU and Maharishi have been a total success as evidenced by the previous acolytes growing up and moving on. No parent will consider themselves a success if their children reach adulthood and still hang on to their mother's apron. The children must become responsible and leave the nest. That's what has happened. And the especially recalcitrant needed a hard kick out the door. Finally those chicks who cannot fly buy the whole nest egg and stay near Momma Hen. The only problem as I see it is that patent absurdity of having the Movement leaders as spiritual arbiters. But my disbelief is not anothers. And some will follow Bevan and Haeglen into hell. But then some also will follow Bush into hell, or the Pope, or even the neighborhood crack dealer. There's no accounting for sense. And when it comes down to it, a person's litmus for success is not shared by another. Success to me is the fact that I escaped the Movement and found myself in my own way and my own time. Success for me is having my health to sit by my wife and watch TV during a few hours off from work, where I call the shots and get respect for being an artist. Maharishi, FF, MUM, and all the spiritual mentors on Earth have not a whit to do with my rating of success. Ranking numbers in the dome is merely spiritual materialism for people who have no finer senses with which to peruse the spirit planes for themselves. Rather they need, as always, someone else to tell them what is right and wrong, what is success and what is failure. The fact that one recalcitrant person moved to FF at this late date to attend the domes still shows pulling power. Which should not be discounted. Success is still forthcoming. Failure is a merely personal lack of understanding. -----Original Message----- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhamiltony2k5 Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:15 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] What could he have said or done? What could Maharishi have done or said to bring meditators back to the domes and group meditation,to get the numbers needed, even way back last summer when this latest TM course started? Is interesting that even with even with paying people to meditate, bringing by the hundreds hire-ling student pandits from India, giving the sidhi's away in exchange for practicing in the domes, they can not get the numbers in the dome. " According to the plan I (Raja W.) have mentioned before, another 500 Pandits will be arriving over the next few months, bringing the total here to 1,000. This number of Pandits will assure that there will always be more than the Super Radiance number of 1732 Yogic Flyers necessary to maintain permanent invincibility for America." Mayor and 'Raja' Wynne says it and confirms it all right there. Strong commentary on the predicament of Maharishi at the end. Where did his meditators go? Used to be thousands would show up on a phone call. Now, a few hundreds? What could he have said or done otherwise to get this going with his old TM'er movement? What went wrong for Maharishi? -Doug in FF > > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 > From: Raja Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Vedic Pandit Update #3 > > > > [Global Country of World Peace] > Dear Supporters of Permanent Invincibility for America, > > I wanted to let you know that 133 more Vedic Pandits from India will be > arriving next week and settling into their new campus in Maharishi Vedic > City. That will make a total of 505 Vedic Pandits here contributing to > creating an invincible America through their Yogic Flying and Vedic > routine. > > According to the plan I have mentioned before, another 500 Pandits will > be arriving over the next few months, bringing the total here to 1,000. > This number of Pandits will assure that there will always be more than > the Super Radiance number of 1732 Yogic Flyers necessary to maintain > permanent invincibility for America. > > The new Pandit campus in Maharishi Vedic City is now ready to take this > next group of 133, and homes for another 100 Pandits will be ready for > occupancy in April. Now that the weather is improving, we should be able > to accommodate the remaining 400 new Pandits shortly after that. > > Below are photos of the recently completed dining room and program hall > on the new campus, and a photo of a typical Pandit bedroom. > [Photo1] New Pandit dining room [Photo2] Flying hall on > new Pandit campus [Photo2] Typical Pandit bedroom > In order to complete the housing for the remaining 400 Pandits we > continue to need your assistance. Once they are here, their monthly > expenses are covered, like for all Invincible America Assembly grant > participants, with a $600 per month grant from the Howard and Alice > Settle Foundation for an Invincible America. But the cost of > constructing housing for the Pandits, and other costs like airfare and > visa costs, are not covered by the grant. We currently have a matching > grant from a donor for $100,000, so now is a doubly good time to make a > contribution for the Pandit housing. Please go to either Global Country > of World Peace > <http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.451217/it.A/id.9/.f> or Maharishi > Vedic City > <https://vediccity.securesites.com/contribute/contribution.cgi> to make > a secure online contribution, or send a check to Global Country of World > Peace 2000 Capital Boulevard, Maharishi Vedic City, IA 52556, or City > Hall, 1973 Grand Drive, Maharishi Vedic City, IA 52556. If you have any > questions or would like an update, please call 800 373 9664. > > Thank you very much for helping to secure a peaceful and prosperous > America for yourself, your family, and the nation. > > Jai Guru Dev. > > Raja Wynne > Mayor of Maharishi Vedic City and > Raja of Maharishi Vedic America > 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
