--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > Was this his last posting? > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/211920 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/211920> > > No, Yahoo Search isn't showing any posts at all > after March 19. They're supposed to be fixing it, > moving all the groups over to a new system. > > I think this is his last one; I got it from The Mail > Archive. It's from a little over two weeks ago: > > > Re: 'Transcending the TM movement' > Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:53:10 -0700 > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "Richard M" > <compost...@> wrote: > <snips> > > Can you imagine a parallel world in which MMY would > > have got a better reception on returning to his > > master e.g. "Very well done. I know you only gave a > > taste of bliss to 500 or so villagers nearby - but > > I'm SO relieved you absolutely refused to accept > > money to bring bliss to the masses. Pity that chap > > geezerfreak never got the gift. We had such high > > hopes for him in his next incarnation, but that'll > > have to wait now. Still, come sit by me on this > > cloud"? > > > > Or could it be that he did NOT think that money was > > the root of all evil, but just that attachment to > > money was the sin? "Money is just money". > > > > And could it be that MMY might say "Master, I've > > done my time. Next time, please just ask me to stay > > in a cave rather than try to save the world. Can't > > we leave that to Bono?" > > First mmy didn't bring bliss to the masses or save the > world. > > Second, as far as making TM widely available, that > happened at a time when mmy and tmo were not obsessed > with money and ego, but offering the technique at a > reasonable price -- and tm teachers even got a little. > It's when the tmo got obsessed with donations, million > dollar courses, world's largest golden towers, > outrageously priced yagyas and other vedic products, > and generally catering to the rich within the tmo and > sticking it to the avg tm teacher, that tm teaching > plummeted. If you talk with tmo insiders and analyze > the public financial records, you see the tmo spent > much more time doing business and real estate deals > and raising donations than it did teaching tm. >
Its sad, because Maharishi also said to leave your old houses like they were on fire. OffWorld
