MMY gave jewelry and saris to his favorite MD women? That has an odd quality to it, doesn't it?
--- gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > [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/
