Codicil 371.3 to TMO 'Natural Law', ref.post 29571 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/29571 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/20441
codicil 371.3 of Natural Law, which says, "He who cuts the biggest check gets the most strokes, and achieves enlightenment first. Plus, he gets to wear robes and a Burger King crown." > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > On the whole, they followed his lead. They "holed > > up" somewhere safe and let other people worry about > > (and work to relieve) the problems of the world. > > > > > > Used to be thousands would show up on a phone call. > > > > Back when Maharishi still had an ounce of credibility, > > and more important, still had the ability to inspire > > others without bullying, scaring, or threatening them. > > > > > > 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? > > > > I think that those who are interested in this question > > might benefit from a reading of (or re-reading of) > > Hermann Hesse's "Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game." > > It's the story of a long-term spiritual tradition > > falling apart because its leaders "holed up" inside > > the walls of their monastery and 1) stopped having > > anything to do with the "unspiritual" people outside > > the walls, 2) stopped even *listening* to these > > "unspiritual" people outside the walls, and 3) stop- > > ped listening to anyone who *was* inside the walls > > who suggested that they should do more for those > > outside of them. It's the story of a spiritual > > movement gone mad from self-indulgence and the > > focus on its own self-importance. > > > > As the focus shifted away from actual teaching of TM > > (which involves and *requires* daily interaction with > > the "great unwashed," the people outside the walls of > > the ashram, the self importance of the TM movement > > and its "core followers" grew larger and larger, at > > the same time that the minds and the compassion of > > these core followers grew smaller and smaller. > > > > Cutting a check so that *other* people could interact > > with the "great unwashed" and teach TM became prefer- > > able to interacting with these lesser-evolved people > > oneself. And lo, cutting a check was rewarded with > > strokes from the guru, and with proximity to him. > > Other followers, brought up on the shining example > > of Trotakacharya and others who supposedly realized > > their enlightenment through nothing *but* proximity > > to the guru looked at this phenomenon and made the > > obvious (to them) choice. "Why work our butts off in > > the field catering to these people who are so much > > less evolved than we are when we can gain proximity > > to the guru (and thus our own all-important enlight- > > enment) by simply cutting a check?" And yea verily, > > cutting a check became the new pathway to enlight- > > enment. > > > > There are *thousands* of things that Maharishi could > > have done or said to prevent the situation he finds > > himself in now. But those things would have involved > > true humility on his part and a desire to actually > > help the people of the world (as opposed to a desire > > to make money by "announcing" his intention to help > > the people of the world and then sitting back and > > collecting checks from the "faithful"). > > > > But he didn't do these things, and now he finds him- > > self in the position of having to "outsource" butt- > > bouncers from India, because only a few hundred > > students in the entire world still believe him when > > he asks them to put their lives on hold and do what > > he tells them to do. > > > > Meanwhile, the people who can cut the *biggest* checks > > are NOT butt-bouncing in Fairfield. They *still* don't > > even have to mingle with the "great unwashed" of the > > *TM faithful* any more. They can prance around in robes > > and crowns in Vlodrop and get daily strokes from the > > guru while these other peons do the grunt work for them. > > And it's all covered under codicil 371.3 of Natural Law, > > which says, "He who cuts the biggest check gets the most > > strokes, and achieves enlightenment first. Plus, he > > gets to wear robes and a Burger King crown." > > > > What could Maharishi have done to avoid this sad, sad, > > sad situation? He could have valued people more than > > money. > > > > And, like Amma or Gandhi or any of the other great > > teachers of the world, he could have presented an > > example to that world that he really *did* value > > people by interacting with them and treating them > > as equals. He could have walked the walk instead of > > just talking the talk and then sitting back and > > counting the money. > > >
