Here's Rick's question and the answer to it, in two short posts. Gullibility is having made the decision to believe someone, and believe in someone, no matter what. It renders one incapable of even hearing something other than what the "authority" has said. Does Maharishi play with this, knowing that his followers have lost their ability to discriminate? Well, duh.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the Pillow Talk with the Great Man consisted of him bashing > everyone who was willing to work for him because they were so > gullible? > > Sounds to me like there's another gullible person posting in this > exchange... > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some here have wondered about Maharishi1s motives in fostering his > > increasingly bizarre schemes. Tallest buildings, rajas, etc. Some > say he1s > > upping the weirdness ante in order to motivate people to leave and > think for > > themselves. Others say his vision is far ahead of the rest of the > world and > > he1s establishing the foundation of an enlightened society. Here1s > another > > theory. When Jennifer was in M1s room late at night in Mallorca > (for reasons > > we need not re-hash) she said he often derided the Westerners as > gullible > > fools for believing all the things he was telling them (hence, our > dear, > > already-enlightened co-moderator1s handle). Perhaps, like a > playground > > bully, he has a cynical streak that causes him to derive pleasure > from > > making fools out of people. Perhaps, as with any addiction, he has > had to > > keep increasing the weirdness ante in order to continue gratifying > this > > streak. If there is any truth to this theory, I wouldn1t assume > this was his > > only motivation. He1s a master at incorporating paradoxical > tendencies. I > > would suggest that plenty of altruism is mixed with the cynicism. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
