I'm not okay with MMY giving jewelry and saris to favorite ladies unless the money was donated specifically for that. After all, the TMO's selling of MMY to the public has always made a big thing of MMY's vow of poverty and has continually assured us that MMY would never take actual possession of any TMO money for personal use.
If you donated money for pundits, would you want it going towards jewelry? --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/3/05 1:23 AM, TurquoiseB at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I got the feeling that what Rick was referring > to was the > > > idea of women as equals. In my experience, > Maharishi > > > always treated the women around him as > decoration, or > > > as something you put up on a pedestal and > revere, as > > > opposed to actually relating to. > > > > And he often decorated them. It was common for him > to buy jewelry > and saris > > for Mother Divine ladies. Expensive ones for the > higher-ups, but > even my > > wife got some nice stuff while on MD. I don't > necessarily see this > as a bad > > thing. Ladies like stuff like that and it gave > them some relative > happiness, > > which they may have been missing. > > > > There may not have been anything technically wrong > with it, but the > idea of a life-long celibate giving women jewelry > and saris does > make me feel icky. > > Leave the giving of feminine gifts to ladies to the > householders, > please. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know the answer to this question, > because I haven't > > > been in touch with the TMO for so long, but > among all the > > > scientists invited to speak and lend their > caveat to the TMO > > > and help sell its products, has there ever been > a woman > > > scientist? Has any woman who is considered a > leader in > > > her field ever been invited to speak at > TM-sponsored > > > symposia? Has any woman ever been involved in > the > > > groups that do the strategic planning with > Maharishi? > > > I never saw any. > > > > Suzie Dillbeck did plenty. Also Rhoda Orme-Johnson > and other > ladies with > > academic qualifications spoke at conferences if > they were > qualified to > > speak. > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
