Do you mean that seriously? MMY never struck me as leading a personally extravagant lifestyle, and while there are plenty of assertions that his family has skimmed money off the top in India, I have yet to see evidence that his nephew is living better than any other person who runs a private school system with 100,000+ students.
L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > > Are you kidding! He did make a fortune in PR!!! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > That's an obvious alternate explanation, and it might well be true, but I > > > wouldn't expect a devout Hindu like MMY (or are you seriously hinting > > > that MMY wasn't a True Believer) would consider that his religious > > > beliefs were not valid? > > > > > > Assuming that MMY really WAS a devout Hindu who believed his religious > > > tradition, I would expect him to gather round him people who agreed with > > > his interpretation of his religion, even (especially) if they had managed > > > to convince themselves that it wasn't a religion, but scientifically (in > > > principle) verifiable truth. > > > > > > IOW, I still don't see why you are bring these issues up. To me, it is > > > obvious that MMY was a Believer⢠and gathered around him fellow > > > Believers⢠and they would have little incentive to be extremely > > > skeptical of such an important (to them) aspect of MMY's teachings. > > > > > > Of course, I am assuming that MMY himself really could NOT float and that > > > everyone, including MMY, was going on rumor and tradition. > > > > > > OTOH, in 1975, I ran into a kid whose girlfriend was on a TTC and was > > > summoned to MMY's room and arrived a few minutes early to find MMY > > > "floating in the air." > > > > > > I was extremely skeptical of this story because I assumed that if MMY > > > were so enlightened that he could float, he would be able to tell that > > > she was about to enter the room and therefore wouldn't have accidentally > > > allowed her to see something she wasn't supposed to. > > > > > > In retrospect, after practicing Yogic Flying for 29 years, I see more > > > than just a single interpretation of the story: > > > > > > 1) he really WAS floating and wanted her to see him float; > > > 2) he really WAS floating, but the fact that he could float didn't > > > guarantee that he would be able to predict that she would arrive early; > > > 3) he wasn't really floating but merely hopping around like all the TM > > > Sidhas do and she saw what she wanted to see; > > > 4) it was just a story. > > > > There are always stories doing the rounds about people floating, > > my guess is that people need articles of faith that what they're > > doing has some sort of end result other than just hopping about. > > > > A story I heard was that Marshy had been asked by TM teachers > > if hecould levitate and he said Yes, every day but chose not to demonstrate > > it in case he was remembered simply as someone who > > could fly rather than the man who brought enlightenment to the > > world. Which is a really clever statement actually, confirms one > > impossibility and re-iterates the core message. He could have made > > a fortune working in PR. > > >
