Jim, I think that you'll find an extensive field of literature that is targeted to the disaffected.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > "Come without hesitation. Just Come. Soon. Maharishi feels we > need > > 2000 here very soon, or we will > > only have 1/2 invincibility and I don't think we want to see what > that > > will mean." > > John Konhause > > Raja of California > > > > From the Guru Papers by Kramer: > > > > A time inevitably comes when the popularity and power of the group > > plateaus and then begins to wane. Eventually it becomes obvious > that > > the guru is not going to take over the world, at least not in the > > immediate future. When the realization comes that humanity is too > > stupid or blind to acknowledge that higher authority and wisdom of > the > > guru, the apocalyptic phase enters and the party is over. Then one > of > > two things generally happens: the first is that the guru's message > > turns pessimistic or doomsday, voicing something like this: Soon > > civilization is going to break down and face amazing disasters -- > > except for us, who are wisely withdrawing to protectdt ourselves > and > > retain our purity. > > > This posting of quotations from the Guru Papers is just substituting > one external authority, for another. > > First those who are disenchanted with Maharishi followed him around > like he was their savior, thinking he would lead them and the world > to the promised land. > > Then after that didn't happen, a source is found in these Guru > Papers that now mirrors the thinking and feeling of the disenchanted > ex TMers, and this new authority figure is quoted as the new truth. > > Who's next? >
