Where do you think he fits in? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDa6nScKbKo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- 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... >
