Are Board members like Bevan and John legally liable for the financial misdeeds of the entire organization, especially the Indian contingent?
I wonder if they knew all along that things were not "right" and yet felt helpless to confront MMY's relatives and so just looked the other way? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <jedi_spock@...> wrote: > > > > > > > --- "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear FFL, That dredged up old copy is such a piece of demoralizing and > > > terrifying propaganda whether it is true or not. In fact I feel it is > > > hateful to be posting crap like that here while like the phoenix the TM > > > movement is rising again teaching transcendence once again. A large > > > meditation movement is coming right now out of a few people doing good > > > work. It is once again like the times of old TM, a movement where a few > > > people have fanned out and are connecting the message of spiritual > > > regeneration in to a rudderless culture ready to hear it new at a time of > > > great transition. Dredging up an old dateline proves nothing. That > > > journalism is nearly a year old. Those of us who know better are moving > > > forward with meditation and leaving the rest behind. The past is a > > > lesser state of evolution, look now to the youth of the future and a > > > better world. It is time to step forward. > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > --- "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > Erm, it's a year old. Which means the lawyers are preparing their > > briefs and booking court time for the showdown. All of which will > > get posted here because this is what the TMO has been about - huge > > amounts of money being raised under false pretences and invested > > without any of the original projects coming to fruition. > > > > Like it or not, people care about what gets done with their money > > and to call it propaganda is as devious as raising cash for > > "global world towers of world peace" and then buying some office > > block in Dheli and forgetting about it until the next fundraising > > drive which, if memory serves, was the "give me a billion dollars > > and I'll save the world" panhandle. And all the people I know who > > would shake their heads and say; if *only* we had the money we > > could save the world, would then reach into their wallets for their > > well worn credit cards one more time all while not knowing that > > there is billions just sitting in a land bank. > > > > Every couple of years a new project, another new reason to give. > > And everyone thinks they failed because there wasn't enough money! > > > > J'accuse *you* of propaganda in trying to suppress the ugly facts. > > I'm all for truth and reconcilliation myself. > > > > > > > That's the whole point, isn't it? > > 10 Lakhs is = One million > > 10 million is = One Crore > > 100 Crores is = One billion > > Considering the vast amount on money locked up in land > assets and nothing productive came out of it, it's not a > surprise that donations are dwindling and the goodwill is > diminishing. > > All movements tend to shrink after it's founders time. > Yogananda, Ramana, Ramakrishna math, Hare Krishna and even > the Rama Lenz guy. > > > > > > --- "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was checking up on the *real* big story in TM just to see if there > > > > were any developments in the argument over Marshy's alleged 60,000 > > > > crore fortune: > > > > > > > > http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharishi-mahesh-yogi-rs-60000-crore-fortune/1/201925.html > > > > > > > > Turns out there isn't but I thought I would work out what 60,000 Crore > > > > actually was in proper money. > > > > > > > > 1 crore = 10,000,000 rupees. > > > > > > > > 1000 rupees = 12.9 British pounds. > > > > > > > > 1 crore = 112,885 British pounds. > > > > > > > > 60,000 crore = 6,833,100,000 British pounds. > > > > > > > > This is a quite extraordinary amount of money and completely > > > > give the lie to Marshy's plea for a billion dollars to save the > > > > world. They already had it many times over! But still the call goes > > > > out to support the pundit programme. Still, my friends give money > > > > every month - thinking that the movement actually needs support. > > > > > > > > People I know working for the TMO *still* don't get paid a penny > > > > for their efforts, but more money is going to be needed to pay > > > > lawyers to get back the money people have already given. > > > > > > > > The rajas presumably know all this and have acquired Marshy's > > > > gift of compartmentalising the TMO so that one section (the mug > > > > punters) think it's in a state of poverty and spend their lives working > > > > to donate and keep it afloat. While the other section > > > > spends its time investing in land and managing the ever growing fortune. > > > > > > > > When I learned TM I was put on the "very keen" database which > > > > meant I got begging letters for every project the TMO claimed > > > > to be working on. But I decided not to give them anything until > > > > I knew a bit more about them - like where the money actually went. > > > > > > > > Now I know and feel happy that I was never a donor. What a rip-off. > > > > What a con. But I do almost admire a mind capable of pulling off > > > > such a stunt over so many decades. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS. This all assuming the Indian paper has its facts right. I've > > > > checked the conversion rates and used two calculators to make > > > > sure of my figures and it looks like £7 billion. If my maths are > > > > completely askew don't blame me, blame my maths teacher. She was > > > > rubbish, it wasn't me. > > > > > > > > > >
