--- 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
