Curtis, this is the main thing that has bothered me about MMY and the > TMO--how could he (they) do that? How could they take the good will > and good intentions of so many really nice people and treat them like> that?
You aren't the only one! And think of how puzzling this behavior must be for those closest to him that got unceremoniously dumped.Keeping Jerry Jarvis out of the history of the movement book and exiling him was pretty far out there IMO. But as a TB I didn't give it much thought. The inconsistencies become problems only once you have revoked Maharishi's enlightened-guys-can-do-anything pass." That is where information about how some people process their world so differently helps me. It allows me to reconcile that Maharishi may have been sincere, but was functioning from a different play book and set of ethical standards. It is sort of like opposite world to the TB's view of him as a magical person. But his uniqueness stays intact. Speculation using this model is similar to how people speculate that Maharishi was living in a higher state of consciousness that includes definitive knowledge about what happens to human consciousness when we die. We are all just guessing from outside with the tools we have. Remember when we read the Sociopath Next Door? That gave me much more compassion and understanding about exploitive people. I think the narcissist definition is a better match, but both give an insight that we need to know that some people are functioning fundamentally differently. And within that there can be a lot of gradations of good and bad in their life. Just because Maharishi might have had a narcissistic personality disorder doesn't invalidate whatever good he did accomplish or his own sincerity in accomplishing it. It's just means he is not a good guy to hand your PIN number to, or... like... your whole life! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2008, at 3:29 AM, george_deforest wrote: > > >> curtisdeltablues wrote: > >> > >> 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... > >> > >> It explained how he could use and discard people as he unfolded > >> his "mission." I don't see this as a putdown. > > Curtis, this is the main thing that has bothered me about MMY and the > TMO--how could he (they) do that? How could they take the good will > and good intentions of so many really nice people and treat them like > that? I think I may spend a long time pondering that question. I > look forward to any revelations along the way. > > Sal >
