On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:40 PM, lurkernomore20002000 > life-devoted to a teacher, >who I am inclined to believe did achieve > the heights of spiritual development. I don't think anyone likes > being taken for a dupe, so evidently those who have kept the movement > afloat financially either feel their funds have been used > appropiately, or maybe they just have too much "invested", to look at > other possibiiities. But, at the very least, it created a feeling of > goodwill towards those still carrying the flame. :)
Yes, I know the feeling. But it gets to a point where even the most diehard believer in carrying the torch starts to wonder if they're being taken for a ride. Let's take the recent announcement, posted here, about the Brahmastan of India. How the TMO is wanting to increase the numbers to super radiance but suddenly there's a hitch: 3 parcels of land given to sell to raise the cash for the project now probably can't be sold because of the economic situation. So donors are being solicited for the zillionth time. OK, well let's apply some TARP thinking into this. Why should we donate money if there's land that could be sold to raise it? Because it can't be sold right now? OK, I don't have a problem with that. Just package up the land and offer it to the people you're trying to get fresh money from. Give us something in exchange for our cash. Eventually the economic situation will improve. It has before, it always does, eventually. If we just cut checks now, then when land values recover, the TMO will have the money all over again. Now this misadventure in India has been going on for quite a while. Remember when there were all these monorails planned for the massive construction along the Ganges? What happened to that construction? What's the current value of it? Where did the money for its purchase, planning and construction on it go? Eventually you have to say "Look. You've asked and were given, you asked and were given. Now show me something." Or remain a fool.
