--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" > <marwincornyarmand@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > > > > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I predict the plan to make vedic city, iowa a pilgrimage > > > > > center for hindus will be even more successful than MMY's > > > > > plan to make (doug henning's) vedaland more popular than > > > > > disneyworld, though not as successful as his plan to make > > > > > hagelin president. > > > > > > > > A fairly safe prediction. :-) > > > > > > > > I wonder whether one of the major factors involved in > > > > the failure of these ideas is the near-total lack of > > > > familiarity on the part of Maharishi and the TMO > > > > higher-ups with the common people they think they are > > > > appealing to. > > > > > > > > I mean (a question for those of you who might know), > > > > how long has it *been* since Maharishi met someone > > > > face to face who does not practice TM and who does > > > > not have the money to buy their way into his presence? > > > > Ten years? Fifteen years? Longer? All that time, as > > > > far as I know, the *only* people he has interfaced > > > > with are the Truest of the True Believers, complete > > > > Yes-men and Yes-women who *share* his disdain for > > > > and distance from the common people of the planet. > > > > > > > > The *arrogance* of it all is not unlike George W. > > > > Bush pretending to understand and care about the > > > > problems of the middle class in America. Bush not > > > > only knows nothing about them; chances are that > > > > he hasn't even *talked* with any of them in his > > > > entire life. He's *famous* for wanting to be > > > > surrounded only by people of his "class." > > > > > > > > These projects are meant to appeal to Maharishi's > > > > *fantasies* of what people are like and what they > > > > want, not what people are really like and what > > > > they want. No wonder they don't work. As Jimi > > > > Hendrix once sang: > > > > > > > > And so castles made of sand > > > > slip into the sea, eventually > > > > > > > > > > When I was on the Dubrovnik Peace Project, which ran 1999/2000, > we > > > were visited by a movement PR guy raising money for Doug Hennings > > > veda land. > > > > > > He gave us a presentation about floating buildings, budget&Profit > > > forecasts and some focus group/bullsh*t and told us the minimum > > > investment was $50,000. It was a perticularly depressing night > > with > > > talk mostly of money and investments only and nothing even > > remotelty > > > spiritual. > > > > > > We then had a Q&A session in which people asked how the project > > was > > > going (Very well) How Doug was and what he's been up to (working > > hard > > > and totally devoted to veda land) > > > > > > The course leaders pointed out who the richest CP's were and he > > spent > > > a few days courting them before flying home. 1st class of course. > > > > > > Imagine our surpise when Doug Henning died the very next week and > > we > > > found out had been seriously ill for some time. I mean, what a > > > cynical exercise. I wish I could remember the PR guys name, what > a > > > soul-less prick. Age of Enlightenment behaviour? I think not. > > > > > > That might have been when I first started questioning the way > > things > > > are run, the next was Maharishi's press conference with Slobodan > > > Milosovic (the butcher of Belgrade) about what a wronged man he > > is. > > > But thats another story! > > > > > > I wonder if anyone ever got a refund. > > > > No way. We did collect a lot of money in Norway many years ago to > > one of the numerous projects in Norway - which never came through. > I > > asked the National Leader to pay the money back to the donators - > > because I thought about the future, if we had to ask for money to > > another project. > > The answer was No. The result was that the donations dried out -. > > The money and the TMO is very disappointing and dishonest. > > Ingegerd > > > > > > At least you tried, what a shame they can't sort that out it would > inspire a bit of confidence at least. >
In the US at least, people have to request their money be refunded. NPO's don't automatically refund donations, AFAIK. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
