--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/30/06 7:07 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On the other hand--just hypothetically, now--if a > > person had an entirely genuine desire to enlighten > > the world, perceived that in order to do so it > > would be necessary to have a big movement that was > > run like a business--including accumulating money-- > > and himself had CEO-type inclinations in terms of > > his temperament, how would his actions look any > > different from what MMY is doing? > > > > In other words, how can you tell the difference > > between someone whose primary motivation is to > > run a business that accumulates money and uses > > a spiritual front to do so, and someone whose > > primary motivation is to spiritually regenerate > > the world and uses business techniques as a means? > > > I think he did and does genuinely want to spiritually uplift the > world. He saw the money making as a necessary means to that end, > but got so caught up in it that it became his primary focus. He > lost his perspective.
I can buy that (as it were). I also think that he¹s much more than a > businessman in a dhoti. He¹s got the spiritual juice big time. > But again, his worldly indulgences and pursuits compromised that. > Not that you can¹t be simultaneously worldly and spiritual. But > there¹s something amiss if you¹re posing as a celibate monk > yet behaving as anything but one in your private life. That > dichotomy creates a crazy schism in your personality and in your > organization. Boy, it's fascinating how it all seems to come down to sex, even when the issue is money. Was he *explicitly* "posing as a celibate monk" during the time he was banging the women, by the way? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
