--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: <snip> > > 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. > > It's not pure Maharishi, it's pure TMO. MMY doesn't actually > speak like that, which is why I find it puzzling that people > around him would embrace such a ridiculous affectation.
Of course Maharishi didn't actually speak like that. He didn't talk like a Westerner, but he didn't insert artificial pauses after every phrase. He did pause occasionally to let something sink in, or to think how best to express something (he was pretty fluent in English, but it wasn't his native language; and he was having to translate concepts that weren't familiar to Westerners). This other dude is a native English speaker. He knew exactly what he was going to say; he didn't need to keep pausing to formulate his thoughts.
