--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gimari03 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2101 > > > > > > "At thirty bucks a day the guru's billions could fund a virtual > > > wave of "yogic flyers" to cover the earth, but something tells > > > me that if Maharishi had to personally pay for his peace plan > > > the guru's spiritual air force would be grounded." > > > > Oh yeah, there's a cogent comment. Does he think they'll be > > eating and sleeping at the local county jail? > > No, per the present plan, they'll be eating for 30 > bucks a day and sleeping on someone's sofa. All > while giving up their paychecks from work for two > months. :-)
This will appeal to some, and they will get tremendous benefit from it. > But here's a riddle for you. I remember in the past > that you've been a big proponent of the "the TMO > can't spend its capital because it needs it for the > future." So explain this to me -- Maharishi's doing > the Big Fear Trip again, implying that if people > don't flock to this course, at their expense (albeit > less expensive than some courses in the past), Dire > Things are going to happen to the world. Did I get > that right? Yes. > Ok, so here's the quandary: if the times are so > tough that there may not *BE* a future, what is > the purpose of all those billions the TMO has > stashed away? The TMO has always struck me as being poor. > Seems to me that if *HE* believed the stuff he's > saying, he'd have made some of that money available > to make the room and board of this course free, He can't. Its impossible. and > in fact offer to make up for at least a portion of > the participants' salary. Do the math -- if we're > talking a total of 3000 siddhas, at a cost of $30 > a day for food, add in another $70 a day for housing, > and compensate each of them who has to leave a job > (say 60%, because many may be married and unworking > or retired or well-to-do), say, %3000 a month for > lost salary, that comes to a grand total of > $1,380,000. > > One could make the case for that being a drop in the > bucket compared to the billions that the TMO is > reputed to have as assets. One could also make the > case that this "drop in the bucket" might be worth > spending if the situation is as dire as he implies, > and the very future of the planet is at stake. The situation IS dire...for seekers. > Or one could make the people who have been paying > for such "emergency" courses for decades do so again. > > Oh, what's a person who really cares about world > peace to do? > Meditate and gain Self-Realization. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/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/
