--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > In a message dated 3/25/06 3:34:02 A.M. Central Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >> You don't pay a million bucks and wear silly costumes > >> because you're loyal to an organization, Lawson. You > >> do it because you're a sold-out bhakti who is hoping > >> to buy a few more hits of darshan before your teacher > >> croaks. Once he does, why stick around? > >> > >> I think that there will be a few who will stick > >> around, and who will make a show of running the TM > >> organization. And I think that the organization will > >> last at best five years, and then go under, as the > >> full extent of how much money has been stolen from > >> it and has disappeared into India becomes public. > >> Call me cynical, but that's my prediction. > > > > You don't think some of them look forward to being > > worshipped and bowed down to also and pushing their > > weight around a new TM movement? > > Honestly, I don't. I don't know any of these > people I see in the photos, so I couldn't say > for sure, but my impression is that they are > mainly in it for the darshan ( or as close to > darshan as one can get through a TV. :-) > > I would suspect that there *are* power freaks > in the TMO, who are looking forward to staying > power freaks when Maharishi croaks, but I don't > think it's the millionaire Raja guys playing > that game. More likely it's the Bevans of the > movement -- people who have never held a job > in their entire lives, are used to luxury and > being taken care of, and want that luxury and > ability to abuse power to continue. >
Bevan paid his dues, IMHO. When he was 19, he made his way to India to study with MMY. That's pretty gutsy for a 19-year-old in the late- 60's. 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/
