--- 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. Yes, there's a "creep" factor in it. Something adharmic. A bluring of appropriate social roles. Like a spiritual teacher asking an attractive follower to give him a back rub. > > > > > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs 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/
