--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not really part of or terribly interested in this > > > conversation, but a funny thought just struck me. > > > How long do you think it will take after Maharishi > > > dies for the True Believers to add his name to the > > > puja? I'd bet less than five years. > > > > As long as the TMO survives as MMY wants it tok, MMY's > > name will NEVER be part of the puja. He's had his official > > portrait added to the tradition of masters as a tiny figure > > in white standing respectfully to the side, well away from > > the river that flows through them. > > Your point is slightly irrelevant. After he dies, the > TM movement will survive as the people who run it want > it to survive, not as Maharishi wants it. If they want > to "reinterpret" his wishes "creatively," they will > certainly do so. Just look at the history of *any* > spiritual movement after its teacher died. > > I'd still bet on seeing a pretty determined program > of "Maharishi glorification." The movement will have > lost not only its figurehead, but also the *only* > person who could get press any time he wanted it. > The public will tend to ignore the TM movement as > passe (even more than they do now). So my bet is > that people will start coming up with "miracle stories" > and "healing stories" designed to portray Maharishi as > something Really Special. > > This is really NOT a rap denigrating either TM or the > TMO or Maharishi. It's just my guess about what we > might see happen after Maharishi's death, based on what > has happened in hundreds of spiritual traditions after > their teachers' deaths.
I don't understand sparaig's description of the new holy tradition picture -- MMY is the same size as Guru Dev, both are larger than all the others, and MMY is standing right next to the river, just like all the others, right at guru dev's feet. It is clearly a visual depiction of MMY being next in line in the tradition. The only distinctive feature is that MMY is standing, not sitting, which to me goes to his still being alive. Last year when MMY inaugerated sat yuga, either bevan or hagelin described MMY as the "greatest sage to have ever lived on earth", which seems to me to back up T's point. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
