Guru Proposes ‘Yogic Flying’ As Antidote for Global Terrorism

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Is this really what the world needs?

Comments :-)

 

Om Namah Shivaya

Ravi

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Guru Proposes `Yogic Flying' As Antidote for Global Terrorism

 

NEWSDAY

 

The Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to America says

he has the antidote to global terrorism.

 

In his first public remarks in seven years, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

said he is summoning 40,000 yogis in India, who are trained in

meditation as well as the practice of "yogic flying," to

create a

spiritual force field that will produce world peace and harmony.

 

All he needs to pull it off, he says, are a few "peace-loving

billionaires in America" willing to donate $1 billion to build

housing for the group and pay their expenses.

 

"Today I'm challenging America," said the guru, who

taught meditation

to the Beatles and Mick Jagger 30 years ago. "If I had the

support of

money, I have all that is needed to ... completely stop all this

violence."

 

The fund-raising campaign, which began more than a year before the

Sept. 11 terrorist attack, had raised $40 million by late last week,

said Mario Orsatti, a spokesman for the Institute of Science,

Technology and Public Policy at the Maharishi University of

Management in Fairfax, Iowa.

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i'm just surprised to hear Maharshi Mahesh Yogi is still alive...i could

have sworn i'd read long ago of his passing....

but, perhaps, he flew back....

 

sorry...poor taste....(smile)

 

su

 

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Ammachi, "ravkris <ravkris>"

<ravkris> wrote:

> Is this really what the world needs?

> Comments :-)

>

> Om Namah Shivaya

> Ravi

> ------------

>

> Guru Proposes `Yogic Flying' As Antidote for Global Terrorism

>

> NEWSDAY

>

> The Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to America

says

> he has the antidote to global terrorism.

>

> In his first public remarks in seven years, the Maharishi Mahesh

Yogi

> said he is summoning 40,000 yogis in India, who are trained in

> meditation as well as the practice of "yogic flying," to

> create a

> spiritual force field that will produce world peace and harmony.

>

> All he needs to pull it off, he says, are a few "peace-loving

> billionaires in America" willing to donate $1 billion to build

> housing for the group and pay their expenses.

>

> "Today I'm challenging America," said the guru, who

> taught meditation

> to the Beatles and Mick Jagger 30 years ago. "If I had the

> support of

> money, I have all that is needed to ... completely stop all this

> violence."

>

> The fund-raising campaign, which began more than a year before the

> Sept. 11 terrorist attack, had raised $40 million by late last

week,

> said Mario Orsatti, a spokesman for the Institute of Science,

> Technology and Public Policy at the Maharishi University of

> Management in Fairfax, Iowa.

 

I'm dissappointd to hear of this "plea for money" from the Maharishi

as a necessary component for his collaborative peace plan. Seems to

me this undertaking can be accomplished (if the yogis are so

accomplished) without the need of so much money.

 

Lisa

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Ammachi, "lbrachlin <lalita120@h...>"

<lalita120@h...> wrote:

> I'm dissappointd to hear of this "plea for money" from the

Maharishi

> as a necessary component for his collaborative peace plan. Seems to

> me this undertaking can be accomplished (if the yogis are so

> accomplished) without the need of so much money.

 

How, exactly, does one create the physical infrastructure (housing,

etc.) for groups of thousands of pandits without money? For that

matter, how would Amma build a hospital without money?

 

Granted, there are some serious accountability issues with respect to

how MMY's family handles the TM organizations finances, but let's not

lose touch with the reality that land and buildings cost money, even

in India.

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Ammachi, "John Stanley <johnny_tesla>"

<johnny_tesla> wrote:

> Ammachi, "lbrachlin <lalita120@h...>"

> <lalita120@h...> wrote:

> > I'm dissappointd to hear of this "plea for money" from the

> Maharishi

> > as a necessary component for his collaborative peace plan. Seems

to

> > me this undertaking can be accomplished (if the yogis are so

> > accomplished) without the need of so much money.

>

> How, exactly, does one create the physical infrastructure (housing,

> etc.) for groups of thousands of pandits without money? For that

> matter, how would Amma build a hospital without money?

>

> Granted, there are some serious accountability issues with respect

to

> how MMY's family handles the TM organizations finances, but let's

not

> lose touch with the reality that land and buildings cost money, even

> in India.

 

I think 1 billion dollars is a bit high...just my opinion. By the

way, it's not thousands of pandits, necessarily, that are being

housed...but yogis. Yogis who've done tapas don't require elaborate

housing...just something simple. As one person has already suggested,

you can't buy peace, so let them start with, as somebody else

mentioned (I think Peter) with the 40 million they've already raised

and see what they can do with that.

Lisa

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Ammachi, "lbrachlin <lalita120@h...>"

<lalita120@h...> wrote:

> As one person has already suggested,

> you can't buy peace, so let them start with, as somebody else

> mentioned (I think Peter) with the 40 million they've already

raised

> and see what they can do with that.

 

I think the amount raised so far is about $87 million, and I agree

that they should put up or shut up. They've been making these kinds

of claims for years, and now it's time for action instead of words. I

would think $87 mil would buy ten times as much in India as it would

in the west, so they should have more than enough to demonstrate

whether their claims are valid or not.