--Well, as we all know, money seems to have a lot of power; those little peices of paper. What my take is on this whole thing, is that, the Kaplans, as I recall, from my experience with them back in the Tofu days, is that they could invest or start-up anything they wished, as was posted earlier, they must have inherited some big ($$.ching-a-ling.$$). Anyway,. there was always this competition thing, with the twins, I remember, also. I remember a story, I read about Swami Bramananda, Guru Dev, when approached by a man, who wanted to give to Guru Dev, all of his riches. Instead, Guru Dev, said, no, what I want is in your pocket! And sure enough, what was in the man's pocket, was cocaine, which was destroying him and his family. When the man gave his offering to Guru Dev, the cocaine, he became realized, or much on his way. When the Master, asks to give up something, that is so important to you; you ultimately must give in, and surrender, if not in this life-time, then the next. Because, we must lose everything, and be completely alone, depending on nothing, to break the bonds completely, of attatchment to form, to become realized. And, if the Kaplans could give up everything, then...who knows,
but, as Jesus said, a few years back: "Easier for a camel to glide through the eye of a needle..." Oh, well, live and learn. - In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 15, 2005, at 6:33 PM, bbrigante wrote: > > > > > Yeah, and in that letter Earl K does not make any claim that the > TMO > > > bilked him out of any money, just the fact that he gave millions > and > > > felt ill-treated (I agree, he was ill-treated as a result of > Bevan's > > > machinations in Boone designed to show Earl that Bevan was the > real > > > boss there, but unfortunately, the Ks threw the baby out with the > > > bathwater and quit TM as well as not putting up with crap like > Bevan > > > dishes out). When people give money to non-profits and take the > tax > > > write-off, they lose control over the money, by law. The Ks could > > > have structured their donations so that they would have had more > > > control, but they did not, so they can't complain if things did > not > > > work out. > > > > Several parts of Earl's letter seem like reaction formations-- but > other > > parts ring true. One of the most disturbing was the report of > Mahesh > > lamenting his inability to milk the Kaplan's entire fortune. > > > (IF, thats a big IF) > He lamented it because if Maharishi had gottn it, Kaplan would have > gottn enlightened fully. As it is Kaplan has gone down the road of > attachment and fear. Kaplan is waking VERY slowly up to this > realization. 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/
