--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tertonzeno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> --The Spiritual Regeneration of the world will (IMO) be an eventual 
> occurrence that will pick up steam perhaps - in a few hundred years 
> or so and then take off at an exponential rate of growth; since 
> Spirituality feeds on itself, (like evil in that respect). TM will 
be 
> the main catalyst for this evolutionary development, and we may 
look 
> forward to vast numbers of people in the Hindu and Buddhist 
> persuasions to begin the practice.
>  As to the rest of the world: Monothiests (Christians, Jews, and 
> Muslims), athiests, and agnostics, these are birds of different 
> stripes who will become receptive to the notion of an impersonalist 
> Ground of Being that exists as a Substratum of existence (some more 
> than others); but Christians will have to reconcile this with their 
> notion of a Personal Deity. Such a reconciliation must take place 
> since Salvation in the Christian viewpoint - the orthodox, not 
> Gnostic - has nothing to do whatsoever with yoga, meditation, etc; 
or 
> any such works or evolutionary self-development.  As the current 
Pope 
> has stated on several occasions (He's the former Grand Inquisitor 
and 
> should know); Salvation is totally unrelated to Yoga (and by 
> implication, silent meditative methods); so the Pope has swallowed 
> the core of St. Paul's Salvation by Grace, through Faith viewpoint.
> 
>  But the Pope is no dunce! He's aware of "Transcendence" but has a 
> mistaken idea about Buddhism. His objection to Buddhism is that 
> (although it incorporates Transcendence in its body of practices); 
he 
> claims it's devoid of "Divine Love" ; i.e. the dualist relationship 
> between oneself and "God" in the Person of Jesus.
>  Of course, this isn't true at all. ...but getting back to the 
topic, 
> TM indeed will be the main catalyst for a world transformation but 
> not in the near future.

Depends how you define "near future". Perhaps it is much nearer than 
we think, and many others hope for...

"Heaven will walk on earth - in this generation."
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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