--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > <mainstream20016@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > <mainstream20016@> > > wrote: > > >>mainstream20016 wrote > > >> Maharishi is incredibly driven, and for that I'm grateful to him. > > >> For without his drive, its unlikely that I'd be alive. > > >> > > >> Maharishi is cunning , and gets the better half of nearly every deal. > > >> How different are you in your dealings, except that your half is > usually less than. > > >> > > >> Maharishi's known far and wide for getting the upper hand > underhandedly. > > >> A fool will relish the sizzle of the salesman's pitch and pay > heavily, and yet again, > > >> to be dazzled and awed... > > >> > > >> FFL posters demand such integrity from Maharishi - > > >> and, oh, by the way, who is that on the horizon at the edge of > town ? > > >> Rushing to embrace anyone who sashays into FF that offers another > hit of the high life, > > >> the rushing never ceases and the parade of lightweights continues > evermore... > > >> > > >> Maharishi has many flaws. He does so many things. He never gives > up, and has grand > > >> plans. I am fond of him, and appreciate him more because he has > feet of clay. > > >> He is paying a heavy price now. > > > > >Rick Archer questioned : And what is that? The doldrums of the TMO? > > > > Mainstream20016 : > > The reluctance of FF, U.S. & Canadian TM flyers to participate in > the virtuallly free-of- > > charge 'Invincible America' course during a time of crises is a > real shock to MMY. > > Is it? It shouldn't be. Look at all the ill will that has been > generated. 'Fool me once', sayings by P.T. Barnum, and quotes from > Jennifer and 'stupid Americans' come to mind.... Who knows? >
The widespread useof the internet changes things a bit. Look at the Kaplan letter. Much of that information has likely been available (which nephews of Gurudev did he talk to, BTW, and how did THEY know what went on?) forever, but it's possible now to find all of it concentrated in one place. The saving grace of the TMO has always been the old joke "a cult is better organized," but when anyone can put together an anti-TM web site with every single bit of negative (true or not) info available, it is not easy to counter that without being a lot more organized than any of us give the TMO credit for being. The thing is, EVERYONE makes mistakes and EVERYONE lies. And once you play fast and loose with the figures in a documentable way, no matter how trivial, it becomes very hard to beat your chest and say "I'm really honest THIS TIME, honest," not when there is a John Knapp or Andrew Skolnick waiting to pounce on every detail and inflate the inaccuracies as best he or she can. 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/
