> I find it amusing that Maharishi held on to the reins of micromanagement > almost to the last day of his life. If you'll recall, only about a month or > two before his death he released a statement saying that he was giving up the > day to day administration of the TMO and would now be devoting his time to > the study of the Vedas (or something like that). He LIVED to micromanage the > TMO and I believe this obsession of his contributed to the failure of the > Movement. > >snip > What struck me was how much time Maharishi devoted to this AND deemed it > necessary for his "troops" and course participants to devote to this. > Curious, I thought, that someone with a world plan could get diverted so > easily and go off on a tangent on something that, relative to what he boldly > wanted to accomplish (the spiritual regeneration of ALL mankind!), was of the > most trivial value. > > But I learned that this incident in a way perfectly represented one of > Maharishi's great shortcomings: his propensity to micromanage and NOT be able > to see the forest for the trees. >
Oh, sort of like no blue jeans or long hair on the one hand and crowns and robes on the other.
