yifuxero: > Among the Gurus claiming or implying that they have > Siddhis, I have difficulty fathoming why they would > then beg for money from their followers... > That's because manifesting $$$ and begging from your followers are one and the same thing, but begging is a little easier, if you're good at mind-control.
The Zen Master Rama obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in this way. All you have to do is have some schmuck put up posters all over the place promising instant enlightenment. Then, you invite selected schweps to meet you in the desert at night, give them some LSD, play a few mind games, and then brainwash them to give you thousands of dollars just to be in your presence. Turq calls this technique 'siddhis', but Curtis likes to call this kind of schtick, selling snake-oil; Hugo says it is criminal. Apparently this works on some people like Turq, Curtis, and Hugo, who have given up thousands of dollars to the fakirs, over a very long period of time. >From what I've read, Curtis once gave Chopra $700 for medical advice, but all Curtis got was the word for water. Turq gave the Maharishi over $5,000 to learn how to 'bum-hop', and all Turq got was a chance to be a Marshy 'door-guard'. Not sure what Hugo got for his money, probably nothing, but Hugo seems to have went all the way, and paid for six-months of training in how to take a 'nap'. Go figure.
