No, actually was was looking how to promote TM, found a guy named Don Draper of
Sterling Cooper Advertising. And Don quickly brought him up to speed about life
in america.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukr...@...> wrote:
>
> yes he wanted to get married like any regular Maharishi and have 3.5 kids and
> a Kamadhenu in the Vaastu but he had to keep putting it off and putting it
> off
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > I am interested to understand why people find it difficult
> > > > to accept. Perhaps a bit jaw dropping at first. But after
> > > > the first "really!?", why is it particularly odd or
> > > > difficult to digest?
> > > >
> > > > And I suppose, its a relevant questions: should a teacher
> > > > be entitled to a private life? Entitled to some parts of
> > > > life that are of no business to students or anyone else.
> > > >
> > > > I never heard MMY say he was celibate. Why should he?
> > > > Other than when he was Bal Bramachari Mahesh. And then
> > > > he changed his name. Which is a pretty big clue in itself.
> > > > A practice useful for a student is not necessarily still
> > > > useful for an adult.
> > > >
> > > > Like many of us, he may have not have gone out of his way
> > > > to correct some peoples misperceptions. Actually he spent
> > > > all day doing that -- misperceptions about "the path".
> > > > But it could have been an infinite job to try to straighten
> > > > people out in every area of his and their lives.
> > >
> > > You're leaving one aspect of it out, that he allegedly
> > > had these affairs with female followers. That really
> > > isn't OK, because of the power differential; it's
> > > exploitative at best, predatory at worst, even if it
> > > was nominally consensual. And the age difference was
> > > substantial, by all accounts.
> >
> > Not arguing, but the women may have been -- I think were in many cases --
> > leveraging the situation. A lot of the woman around him may have had nice
> > doe eyes, but they were hardly naive or unworldly. Some were downright
> > manipulative, Some quite sophisticated temptresses. Some were quite the man
> > eaters. And you didn't usually get to be around maharishi without some
> > street smarts. There were a lot of people edging in. Lots of elbowing.
> > Girls just off the turnip truck were not among them. I sense that once the
> > word got around among an inner circle of women, some were bending over
> > backwards to be the It girl -- and made it clear to him.
> >
> > And some men and women leaders were bonking their brains out with
> > underlings. Down to checkers or asana demonstrators scoring with their
> > "students". And there was a lot of sex going on at courses among
> > participants. Particularly beginnings and endings. MIU had professors and
> > staff were dating much younger students. His actions were not outside the
> > norm of the TMO or the times.
> >
> > As far as age difference, no one bats an eye at George Clooney or others
> > when the age difference between he and his dates is 20-30 years. George
> > Burns was iconic in this regard. Or any number of celebrities. I saw the
> > other day Mr Big (Chris Noth) was dating someone 25-30 years younger. About
> > the same age difference in the case
> > of discussion.
> >
> > As far as other avenues, i suppose he could have gone down to the local bar
> > in Mallorca or Suisse -- do a few shots, talk up some women. ("hey, you
> > into unity?") But that would seem more unseemly.
> >
> > Professional women I suppose were an option.
> >
> > But frankly, it seems a lot more wholesome to be with women that loved him
> > and he loved them.
> >
> >
> >
> > > I don't have any problem in the abstract with him
> > > getting his rocks off, but this was a rotten way to go
> > > about it.
> > >
> > > He didn't have a lot of options given the way he had
> > > things set up; he didn't have access to mature women
> > > who weren't his followers. But if he had sexual needs,
> > > he ought to have figured out some way to manage them
> > > that didn't involve dewy-eyed devotees. Or just accept
> > > that it was something he was going to have to deny
> > > himself.
> > >
> > > If it weren't for his choice of sexual outlets, I'd
> > > agree with what you say 100 percent.
> > >
> >
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