--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harris and Arlene just spent $16 million an indulgence and, of > course, expect quid pro quo for the money: the favor of the Guru. > And it's already paid off: Arlene got a title (Woman or Mother of > the Movement or some such thing) and they both get to stick around > MMY real close...at least for the time being. No one is going to > throw them out of Vladivostock or whatever that place in Holland > where the cult is emcamped is called. > > But the problem I foresee is this: MMY is about 50% senile at this > point and, quite frankly, his short-term memory isn't what it used > to be. This fact coupled with the realpolitik of Guru-disciple life > (i.e. the whim of the Guru must be obeyed by the peons around him > without question) means that one day MMY is going to be sitting on > his throne and a secretary will come up and say: the Kaplans request > an audience with you, Maharishi. Like millions of other old men > around the world, Maharishi will slumber out of nap time in more of > a fog than reality, say "huh?", ask the secretary to repeat the name > and, upon hearing "Kaplan" think that Earl and David have come back > to Holland to haunt him. > > Maharishi will immediately decree: "Send them away! Tell them I > never want to see them again!" And the secretary, shaking like that > guy who ushered Dorothy and the gang in to see the Wizard, will > summon up all the wee courage he has and say: "But, Maharishi, these > are two very loyal meditators...and they just gave $16 million to > the Movement". > > At this point Maharishi will be VERY confused, thinking that Earl > and David are back in the fold or something and are trying to buy > their way back into his good graces. Having to go to the bathroom - - > again, like millions of other old fogies his age around the world > (strategizing bathroom breaks and regularity takes up about 80% of > this demographic group's time and attention) -- he'll say: "Tell > them Jai Guru Dev and that it is my desire that they go teach in > Russia for 5 years!" > > And that will be the last we'll hear of Harris and Arlene for a > very, very long time.
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