> > Some of you actually *know* some of these > > Rajas. What do you think? Will they stick > > around after Maharishi is gone? Is their > > allegiance to him personally, or to the > > movement? I'm honestly curious. > > > > I think most of them will stick around. After 5-10 > > years, you may see 25% > > attrition, but most of them are probably lifers. > > In for a penny, in for a pound. They have so much > psychologically invested in the TMO over so many > decades that reversing course would almost be > impossible.
Thanks for your feedback, Peter (and Rick and Hugo). I honestly didn't know, never having met any of these particular guys, and was curious. Just as a followup, should what many of us suspect will happen happen (that is, major money scandals emerging after Maharishi's death in which it is discovered that most of the TMO's wealth has been embezzled by his relatives in India and is perman- ently missing), do you think they'd stick around for the fallout from *that*, too? Again, just curious. I'm wondering who is going to be around holding the bag after they discover the bag is empty. Should this happen, will the Rajas stick around and try to put a good face on things, or will they beat feet? In your opinions, of course.
