--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > > On Behalf Of Joe > > > > Yep, you wonder just how much of the whole story is bullshit > > and what isn't. Could it be some kind of over-the-top weird > > devotional to Amma? A very poor advertisement if so. > > Hardly one she would appreciate.
Why? Really. I don't think you quite understand the import of what you are saying, Rick. Are you really suggesting that it's *right* for a "guru" to *keep* their students devoted to them? > > Many of his posts, including > > in the Amma chat, proclaim his independence from her and his > > new status as guru in his own right. As did Maharishi, rejecting and divorcing himself from essentially the entire tradition he had been part of, which would never have allowed him to be a teacher. Seems to me that there is a bit of a double standard going on here...
