--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote:
> >
> > I like a lot of what Chopra says and writes. And then
> > there's stuff he is just stupid about.
> >
> > What i object to about him is his "Dauphin" airs, a
> > kinda arrogance about him.
>
> As I've said before, Chopra was "after my time"
> in the TMO. I've never read any of his books, do
> not expect ever to read any of his books, and
> have no real feel for him other than articles
> that have been quoted here or published on the
> Web. That said, there does seem to be something
> both attention-seeking *and* stupid about him.
>
> But what I find more interesting is the enduring
> hatred that long-term TMers seem to aim at him.
> Whatever they claim on the surface, the bottom
> line of it always has struck me as them being
> *jealous* of him for *making* money by parroting
> the same unoriginal, recycled spiritual dogma
> that they had to *pay* money to parrot.
>
> The average TM teacher or TM camp follower has
> spent thousands to hundreds of thousands of
> dollars learning and then parroting "knowledge"
> that Maharishi himself (as far as I can tell)
> was doing nothing more than parroting from other
> sources. Chopra's main "sin" seems to be that he
> figured this out and decided to cut out the middle
> man and keep the parrot-money for himself.
>
You are on to something here, which is true...
He does seem to have the 'Midas Touch'...
He's a doctor, and doctors are taken seriously in our culture...
That's one thing that props him up, to the culture...
He is a prolific writer, but never mentioned Maharishi, in any of his books, or
dedicated any of his books, to whom he learnt, most, if not all of his stuff...
So, many people are upset with him, not only because of his wild success, but
because he 'sold out'...and didn't give credit, where some credit belongs...
R.g.
