on 8/5/05 4:27 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My own theory? Assuming that MMY was "off the program" with some lady > or ladies at some point, he later had pangs of guilt that he > projected on everyone else... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Maharishi's absence of celibacy vows may absolve >> him of accusations of hypocrisy, but it makes one >> wonder why he asked people in his organization >> to abstain from sex. The most unsavory explanation >> is that he did it to wield power over them. The best >> case scenario, I suppose, is that for those people at >> that time, celibacy was a good thing. >> >> Maybe Rick can find time to poll people who abstained >> to get their perspectives on the experience.
Anyone can start a poll, but I'm convinced that celibacy has been very good for me. I think I needed it to compensate for my youthful excesses. I don't have a problem if Maharishi was having sex and encouraging me not to. My problem is in understanding why he'd want to. I understand personal needs and all that, but my conception of him was that he was above them. Or that even if he weren't, that he would have had the yogic ability to sublimate his desires, if for no other reason than to avoid the potentially catastrophic effect on his movement should his sexual activities be publicly exposed. That often came close to happening, and his response was to banish and discredit those responsible. Was that fair to them? 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/
