--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of brontebaxter8 > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:49 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another Account of Financial Fraud and Danger > > > > Rick wrote: > Yeah, I posted that in the spirit of full disclosure, not because I > thought it would strengthen my case. I'm not the blind loyalty type. > > Bronte writes: > Archer, if you really hold the attitude you expressed in your long post > to Nabloss today, and here, you won't be misled for long. Just as you > saw through the illusions of TM eventually. Good for you for examining > these things. The answers are out there. Check out the archives on that > ex-amma website, and you will get reams of first-person accounts from > long-term devotees, many of whom served in the Indian ashram for years > and years before leaving. Don't be afraid of researching this, of > finding out more truth. It can only lead you to still better things. > > I also know people much closer to Amma than these critics ever were. I've > driven and chatted with the woman who is Amma's private attendant who > sleeps in her room, etc., as well as her public attendant. These two are > with her 24/7. I was very impressed with both of them. They are > down-to-earth, unassuming, natural, good-humored, and not at all weird or > secretive about Amma, the way their counterparts in the TM movement would > probably be. They may be unaware of the things you bring up, but I doubt it > because they are like her shadows, and hear everything. In fact, not only > those two, but the swamis who have been with her for decades would impress > just about anyone with their simplicity, humility, and genuineness. > Maharishi used to say that you can judge the quality of a guru by the > quality of the people around him, and if that is true, these folks are an > impressive testimonial.
I've met them too, very good people. Your problem is that you have no clue as to who Maharishi is or what he is doing. Never had, never will.
