I think Rick is right about this. MMY was very specific and detailed in small matters. We used to call him when we had week-end-courses, to tell about the course. It seems that MMY wanted to have a grip of everything in the countries administration of the centres and the lives of the Governors. Ingegerd
--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 5/24/05 8:24 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > COMMENT > > > Right from the beginning days of the movement, it > > > was fascinating to watch how some (not by any means > > > ALL of them) of the governors > > > in charge of running centres seemed to have no ability > > > or confidence in making decisions of their > > > own. Every minute decision had to be verified with > > > Maharishi. This constant "running to the Master" > > > must surely have convinced Maharishi that we truly are > > > a very weak minded bunch. > > > > > > Maharishi required this in most cases. For example, one time in > Arosa, > > Switzerland Maharishi had assigned me the project of correlating the > > constitutions of the world's nations with the scientific research > on TM. He > > had also said my mother could come to Switzerland. So the day my > mother's > > plane was to arrive, I planned to go early and visit the Zurich > library to > > photocopy the constitutions. The finance lady wouldn't give me > money for the > > photocopying unless Maharishi approved it and my trip. So I asked > him and he > > did. Anyway, that's the level of detail he was always involved in. > > ************ > > Actually, Rick, this anecdote of yours proves exactly what the > anonymous poster was saying. Can you imagine an executive of a > business wanting some idiot running to him for approval of petty > stuff like photocopying fees? The TMO has always attracted a lot of > people who are not self-sufficient, commune bait, who do everything > possible to gum up the works -- who doesn't have a horror story about > dealing with the zombies at the Capital?. It's only a very tiny brain > like yours that imagines that this is what MMY wants, much as you > imagine all of MMY's social escapades... 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/
