--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > Does MMY think we are his slaves or something? > > Actually, I suspect he does. > > If you think about it, MMY is a person who has > only had one strong relationship in his entire > life, with Guru Dev. And the nature of that rela- > tionship was that Maharishi thought of himself > as Guru Dev's slave or servant, at his disposal > night and day, to do anything that GD wanted done. > > So I don't think it's out of the question that > Maharishi would expect that own followers should > relate to him the same way. This certainly seems > to be the way he has treated his students for > four decades now. > > If you'll notice, the questionnaire doesn't have > any other options *except* to do exactly what > Maharishi wants done. > > http://invincibleamerica.org/questionnaire/ > > The first question reads: "Are you able to commit > to attend the Dome twice a day? Yes or No. > > The question is NOT "Do you want to attend? or > "Do you have even the slightest urge to attend?" > Those responses are not only irrelevant, they're > not even considered as options. The only reason > Maharishi can conceive of for NOT doing what he > wants done is that you are "not able to." > > The other questions on the "questionnaire" all > *assume* a Yes answer to the first, and have to > do with how long you can commit to doing what > he wants you to do, and with how much money > you'll need if you're tacky enough to ask for > assistance when doing what he wants you to do. > > Note that there is no "blank space," no provision > for people to add their own comments beyond Yes or > No, no possibility of asking questions or providing > feedback. > > So in answer to your question, Doc, yeah...I'd have > to say that Maharishi *does* consider you his slave. >
My pithy one-liner responds to all of the above,so I'm lquoting it all... If you will note, this is the application form to come to the course. Naturally, it is only concerned with details pertinent to coming to the course. It would be nice if it provided feedback, but not essential for what it is for: applying to the course. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
