--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > You could be right. There could be another reason he said: > > > > > > "I will always contend from the few encounters I had with Bevan > > > on my six-month course in 1977 that he was the most inspiring > > > leader of the TMO I've ever come across. I'd follow him anywhere." > > > > Have you had any personal contact with Bevan, Vaj, and if so, > > what was it and why did it form what I assume form the above > > is a negative impression? > > I'll provide a "personal moment," Shemp, from the > same course during which you stupidly fell in love > with him. Several guys on the course had medical or > other issues while there *that were being ignored* > by the nominal course leaders. For example, they > were not allowed to go into town to see a doctor > for a medical condition or get necessary medications. > Because my "buddy" and I worked for the Regional > Office, they asked us to talk to Bevan about it > when he came, to see if something could be done. > > We talked to him, and presented these guys' requests, > to be passed along to Maharishi. And as we sat there > both of us knew as we spoke that he would never in > a million years actually pass along these requests. > (And he didn't. No one ever did, during the entire > course.) His priority was being able to go back to > Seelisberg and say, "Everything is perfect, Maharishi, > just as it should be." There was never the slightest > chance that he would ever have reported any of the > numerous problems with food, lack of heat, tainted > water coming out of the faucets, etc. that were > given to him. > > In other words, he was yer classic self-serving toady. > He went on to establish himself as one in many other > situations over the years, but that was my first > exposure to his toadiness. The welfare of the people > on the course never once crossed his mind; all he > cared about was how *he* appeared to Maharishi. >
Sorry you had such a bad experience with him...and if people on this forum are to be believed, you are in the majority. My experience was that he was the only person I ever ran across in the Movement that was of leadership quality. And by the way, I had a personal question that I needed dealt with so I sent Bevan a letter about it while on the course along with a self-addressed stamped envelope and he wrote back the response.
