THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

Reactions outside the U.S. to Scientology? The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, after
hearing evidence against this group, had strong words: "Scientology is evil; its techniques are
evil; its practice is a serious threat to the community, medically, morally and socially."
(Justice Anderson) Germany's courts are currently examining several charges against
Scientology involving human rights abuse and anti-democratic activities (and Germany is also
suffering from the church's "fair game law" - in a well-funded publicity blitz, Scientology has
likened the government's investigation to Hitler's persecution of the Jews). Some societies
will never need to react to Hubbard's mega-church, like black Africa and China, due to his
opinion that Zulus belong in a "madhouse," and that "the trouble with China is, there are too
many Chinks there," and similar assessments on India, South Africa, Arabs, American blacks,
and "yellow and brown people" in general.
What about Israel? Scientology is alive and well, free to run its "College of Dianetics" at 12
Shonzino St., Tel Aviv. Scientologists regularly accost people in Israel's business district
with literature in several languages, pressuring them to take their "personality test," the first
step to draw seekers into the long, expensive process of "recovering" from the ancient cosmic
disaster.
6h. Transcendental Meditation: Hararit, central Galilee.
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of TM, is a charismatic guru who manages to convince
initiates that he promotes a non-religious "technique", despite the fact that the mantras are
names of Hindu deities and the puja (initiation ceremony) is a hymn to at least 20 Hindu gods.
[See "The Steps of Initiation into Transcendental Meditation", a transcription of the standard
puja, the exact wording of which must be perfectly memorized by TM teachers. Then go to to
the line, "Teacher performs puja" and check out the translation provided to see the list of
deities.] In 1977, U.S. courts finally caught on and ruled that TM was a religion, which
removed from it the legal right to be taught in public schools there. Germany's High Court in
1989 ruled that TM is neither religion nor science, but a destructive cult. In India, the
Maharishi's huge NOIDA ashram was plagued by scandal when workers went on a 3-month
strike, protesting malnutrition, unsanitary conditions and neglect which resulted in the deaths
of several ashram children. The TM leader resolved that unpleasantness by closing the
ashram for "a vacation", firing or transferring all 200 teachers, and turning the children loose
to find their way home across India (some of whom never made it). [See the testimony of
Indian physician Govind Sharma.]
The Maharishi's "technique" nevertheless continues to generate millions of dollars for his
organization, with Israelis being the largest national group among his trainees. Journalist
Esther Hecht notes that the Israeli TM disciples, including educated professional people, treat
their guru much the same as Habad devotees treat their Rebbe Shneerson: having his picture
in every room and on every publication, and invoking his name repeatedly in everyday
conversation. ("Peace of Mind", _Jerusalem Post_, Jan.23, 1998. Also source of other details
in this paragraph.) As of 1997, "His Holiness" had hoped to exit Holland (which was
pressuring him to take his "dangerous activity" elsewhere) and relocate personally to Israel,
setting up court at his pilot TM village of Hararit. To date he has not done so [perhaps the
Interior Ministry is being stubborn about proof of Jewishness...] At that time Hararit had a
long-term plan to also absorb 7000 sidhis (advanced meditators) to effect cosmic changes and
help usher in the "dawn of the Age of Enlightenment". This plan was blocked by the Israeli
watchdog group, "Forum Against Cults". However, the TMers did manage to form a new
kibbutz, "Yahad", and an Ayurveda (TM-based medical) clinic.