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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Vaj wrote: > > > >>>> n my case, it specifically refers to the fact that he was directly > >>>> responsible for encouraging people to take an ayurvedic approach to life > >>>> threatening diseases, and then these same people died because of that > >>>> "enlightened" advice. > >>> > >>> Vaj, do you really believe this makes MMY "guilty" of > >>> something? What, specifically? Giving dumb advice? > >> > >> - Giving medical advice without a license, resulting in death. > > > > If people asked him, he wasn't breaking any laws in > > stating his opinion. Do you need a license now to > > have opinions? > > To them he wasn't merely stating an opinion, it was the word, the promise of > an omniscient sage. > > Practicing medicine without a license is a fairly serious charge. > > > > >> And then sometimes collecting the money owed from these failed, overpriced > >> Ayurvedic interventions from the deceased greaving families. > > > > What exactly do you mean by "collecting the money owed from these failed, > > overpriced Ayurvedic interventions from the deceased greaving families"? > > After he assured the follower, typically someone with a terminal illness, > they would have expensive Maharishi Ayurvedic treatments. The patient of > course was lied too and eventually died, but still had outstanding bills. SO > the Maharishi would send his thugs around to collect from the still greaving > families. > > This is news to you? > > > Did he go around to their houses after the funerals with > > a cup and a bell or something? You're starting to sound > > pretty silly, Vaj. > > The collectors showed up at their home. > > > > > > >> - psychological and neurological damage from over-meditation and > >> unregulated meditation practice. > > > > Over-meditation? What on earth does that mean? > > Mediating beyond what's healthy for a given individual. We're all different > after all. > > > And It's all "unregulated." > > Without attention to whether one should be meditating, what type, what > duration, etc. > > For example, someone who is depressed may not do well with less exposure to > light. Keeping your eyes closed for long periods of time can worsen > depression or lead to suicidal ideation, etc. > > > > > > >> This has been talked of repeatedly and in considerable detail here before: > > > > And I've pointed out how nonsensical I've thought > > it before. > > Well then take it up with the families. Tell them "bone up and cough up the > dough!", "get a spine and some common sense!" "The Maharishi was a great > saint, they just weren't being pure sattvic in their lifestyle obviously!" > > > > >> He was looked at as a wise, all-knowing, "enlightened" figure. > > > > Who cares how he was "looked at"? Did > > these people not have functioning brains? > > > >> Little did people know that once the giggling once slipped off the stage, > >> he was screwing young students and switched into a gruff businessman. It > >> was all an act. > > > > Which has, of course, nothing to do with > > the discussion. > > Duplicity in many areas of life has a lot to do with his illness IMO. >
