--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > If he really wasn't motivated by empathy, he could > > have quit 20 years ago and retired in splendor. > > > Remember that empathy means being able to experience the emotions or > viewpoint of another. To feel pain when another feels pain. I don't > see that in him.
Empathy and narcissism are opposites. It is narcissism that is a more comprehensive descriptive word for Maharishi's world than any other I can think of. Narcissists can accomplish amazing things in the world. I mean the Donald has built up and lost his own fortunes more than once hasn't he? > > Empathy doesn't fit well with an end justifies the means outlook. > > I think we have talked about this before. I doubt that money was a > big motivator for him or living a life of splendor. But belief in > grandiose ideas and convincing the world of those ideas likely was his > motivator. As to whether those ideas were right or wrong is not the > issue. >
