--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > From TMFree, apparently a graduate of MSAE who's got > his own little thing going. Thoughts anyone? > > http://youtu.be/T1V_JD9rODk
Since you asked for "thoughts," here are mine. Clearly, people here ( especially the members of The Clique, who must have been saving up for a pile-on fest ) didn't think much of this guy's act. What struck me as *obvious*, and something that I don't think any of the detractors seem to have noticed, is that his act -- meaning his way of speaking, the way he moves and talks, etc. -- is pure Maharishi. The SAME people who creamed their jeans when Maharishi spoke and acted this way don't seem to like it when someone else does it. Isn't that fascinating? What they perceive as charlatanry in this guy is IMO remarkably like the act they fell for and followed for decades in a short, fat Indian guy, probably because he was Indian and wearing a dhoti. OF COURSE I agree with the detractors that this guy is a fruitcake. It's just that I'm more amused by the fact that those who piled onto him lack the discrimination to notice that most people in the world would react to *Maharishi* speaking exactly the same way they're reacting to this guy. It's the same act, after all. They sound amazed that anyone would follow this guy, or pay to hear him speak. Well, that's how many of us feel when we hear TMers still talking about MMY as if he were special, or unique, or some sort of saint or holy man. Before overreacting to this post and piling on ME, try going back and listening to this video again, but this time noticing the similarities in this guy's presentation to the way Maharishi used to speak on video, especially towards the end of his life when he was already heavily into his King Lear period. Why is it OK and "the highest teaching" when Maharishi did it, but charlatanry when this guy does it? Curious minds want to know...
