Re:the move by Girish and the Indian TMO that surprised Bevan (I'd really like to see that 7/20/08 statement by Bevan, BTW- might it show up on You Tube ? ). Bevan was probably surprised by Girish's move because Bevan publically promotes the continued flow of Western resources to the Indian TMO. The day before the most recent MUM graduation a few weeks ago, Bevan informed a meeting of MUM supporters that Dr. Howard Settle had committed to working to create a $1Billion endowment for the Bramananda Saraswati Trust, which supposedly will fund in `perpetuity' a means to preserve and promote traditional pandits in India.
Despite the goals of the BST, the likely malfeasance of such a sum in the hands of the Indian TMO will make it very difficult to create the BST endowment. Along those lines, I have sense that the default mechanism that skimmed 40% of revenues for `International ' is broken, or soon will be. Not a moment too soon. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <claudiouk@> wrote: > > > > > > Just watching Bevan say leadership taken by surprise by Verma's > > > announcement of new organization for India and attempts to clarify it > > > all plus lots of statements underlining MMY's annointment of Maharaja > > > Nader Ram as the LEADER of his Movement as if to make a special > > > point. A Brutus scenario unfolding? > > > > Note that he identifies himself with an organization that isnt > affiliated > > in any way with the TMO, as far as I can tell. This implies that he was > > removed from his position as head of the pundits at the brahmastan, > > so this is his retaliation: setting up an independent movement to cash > > in on his uncle's name. > > > > That's my take on it. Note he hasn't gotten the endorsement of any other > > organization or person, at least the press release didnt' metnion it, > > including MMY's preferred Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math. > > > > Also, only a tiny handful of websites have mentioned it, according to > > google. > > > > He's lost control of the purse strings in India, and doesn't like it. > > > My view is that most of the tmo funds has already been transferred to > indian accounts of which girish was in charge and probably still is. > He already has the money. Girish used to be on the board of most US > tmo affiliates so he certainly controlled the indian ones I would > think. Who cares about ties with king tony? The money flow from the > west is pretty much over now that mmy is dead. The money was coming > from millionaire courses and big donations inspired by MMY personally. > what money does come in will follow the Settle format - restricting > it to specific projects that can be overseen by the donor. even TB > donors have wised up some and don't want their donations disappearing > anymore into the big black indian hole. king tony is not going to > inspire big donations. more millionaires are going to be created in > india over the next decade than in the US - look at the success of > ravi shankar in marketing to this sophisticated niche. girish > probably thinks he might as well cut ties with the crazy westerners in > crowns and start his own org. focused on teaching tm and recreate > mmy's early success in the west now in india. the fact that bevan > would say he was surprised by girish's announcement is extremely > revealing - definitely an internal struggle going on there. it's a > totally meaningless struggle but still will be fun to watch that > motley assortment of righteous spiritual blowhards fight over assets > and power for the next few years. > > (I've heard very reliable stories of tmo bigwigs in holland calling up > wealthy sidhas and requesting donations of personal real estate assets > saying that before he died MMY mentioned how he wanted the mov't to > have that particular piece of land or building. This is what they > have to do now to raise money - say it was a dying wish of mmy's. > that trick won't last too long) >