Thanks so much! I’m truly enjoying my time here at MUM. It’s been an amazing experience!

I stumbled across this while considering attending next month’s Weekend (now confirmed, thankyouverymuch!) and wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this post. Perhaps I will see you on campus!

Take care,

Carl

Bye for now.

Sam

What a very interesting, thought provoking commentary! I truly enjoyed absorbing it.

In a nutshell, I believe that having a vision is more like visualizing the end result – having a picture in your mind – of what you envision something to lok like and then trusting the universe to show you how to achieve that. It would be like how you described a painter who has a vision and then fills in the parts along the way as they bubble to the surface of his consciousness. The painter has an idea of what the end result will look like but adds things along the way.

For instance, I have this vision of becoming an articulate spokesperson for peace and well being that will take me all over the world. I have no idea HOW or WHAT will help me accomplish that but that’s the universe’s job – to provide me with inspired ideas along the way. Having a vision allows me to stay open to the possibilities whereas goals tend to restrict me because they are not as flexible.

So basically it’s the vision of the whole that I see in my mind, not a vision of steps to take because I may not necessarily know what steps to take at first. I see myself moving away from analytical thinking and moving towards I guess what you call synthetic brain functioning.

Thanks so much for your input! I truly enjoyed hearing from you. And no, I haven’t seen the video “Stroke of Insight” – thanks for pointing it out. I’ll go check it out now.

Great men are visionaries. They see what is and what could be.
I think its more synthetic brain functioning,
Goals are what they consider important in their vision of development. That is analytical thinking.

I ask you the question? Is this not just the alternation of the two opposites values that make up a unified holistic functioning of the brain? I’m thinking Dr. Travis, Deans, and Hagelin talk of the CEO of the brain, the frontal cortex. My understanding is this is where the leadership vision and the steps of accomplishing that vision come together. In Vedic Science terms, wholeness and its point.

One other thing, vision also includes vision of the points of progress which are like goals. So holistic vision and point vision which includes goals would make vision complete.

I would ask you a question: Does your vision of spending time at MUM include any goals you would like to accomplish? Probably the answer is yes. So what is the driving force, when you move along in time fluctuating back and forth between the two? Vision of the whole or vision of the steps leading to a goal(s) or something more than the sum of its parts.

I think the driving force for fulfillment in every phase of living, the force of evolution takes one to fill in the vision of the whole with some nice colorful parts.

The idea of painting comes to mind. Artist do have a vision of the whole but the painting is materialized by filling in the parts. Somewhere you will see a painting of the Holy Tradition of Vedic Masters, in the Library maybe. When you look at it you will notice how the Rishi’s and even the many bird and flowering trees and bushes must have been directed by both the vision of the artist, Frances Knight, and the goal Maharishi had in mind. I think in producing this painting she had a vision and the goal was reproducing that vision in its fullest possible extent.

Any I look forward to your next article. Good luck at MUM. I know Joe Boxerman, Christine’s partner, and my friend Bill Marr often talks with Joey. All the best at MUM.

Bye for now.
Sam

PS Have you seen the video Stroke of Insight?
http://tinyurl.com/r48kol

David sent us the blog. He was impressed by you too. We hope to meet you on one of our visits.

Sincerely,
Debbie & Jerry Pohlman

I’m eager and excited to learn more about the Purusha program! Yes, welcome home indeed. I’m grateful the spirit led me to MUM. Can’t wait to see what unfolds in the coming months.