On Feb 7, 2008, at 8:33 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Although I am sure this will be hard to relate to for some... I got a lot of peace from the article in the Skeptical Inquirer in 89 or 90 that compared these personality traits with popular gurus. I know this seemed horrible to people who may view him as a "real" messiah, but for me it gave me some insight for compassion for Maharishi. It helped me understand how he operated the way he did, and even the odd feeling he would give off when I interacted with him. It explained how he could use and discard people as he unfolded his "mission." I don't see this as a putdown. It is an alternate explanation to the idea that he proposed that he was the most important human in history. Why would someone believe such a thing about themselves? Either he was or he was not, but it requires an explanation. At least it did for me. So for me he remains a fascinating guy with or without this disorder. One piece of evidence I submit that perhaps he was mislead about the power of his teaching are the closest people to him that he left behind, presumably his most advanced pupils. I think we have a pretty good idea that his optimism about his programs exceeded his results. Or is that just me being negative on King Tony and Bevan?
Well they are separate people entirely, interpreting a teachers teachings. I get a really sattvic vibe off of king Tony and Bevan always was a kind of archetypal Jupiterian to me--and of course there are good and bad connotations of Jupiter.
