_____ From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:06 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] New position open in Vlodrop -- TM Movement Fool
In all seriousness, I think the thing that would most benefit the TM movement (and thus the world) is the creation of one "job" there in Vlodrop. The position would be to act as court fool to Maharishi. As captured so well in Shakespeare (probably more than in real life) the court fool was a really important figure in the royal courts of Europe. The job duties of the fool were simple -- TO TELL THE TRUTH. The fool was pretty much the only person in the court who could, and would, tell the king what was REALLY going on, and what his decisions had accomplished or failed to accomp- lish in the real world outside the palace. Several people have played this role over the years. Most notably Vernon Katz, in my experience. But they're only tolerated up to a point, and often ignored. But Maharishi did respect Vernon for speaking his mind intelligently. I think Charlie Lutes often did the same, and maybe sometimes Jerry Jarvis. But that was in the early days. Such people are long gone.
