Sounds similar to the couple who walked out of the room when they saw King Nader in a clown cap. Many religous leaders around the world have still not gotten out of the first-wave mindset. The job of a genuine Teacher is to make his student independent so that he can think for himself. But there are worse problems. Think of Islam. The Prophet bumwhack Muhammed closes his eyes and gets a vision from Allah. All the women are roasting in Hell and all the men are enjoying in Paradise.!! There are half a Billion Muslim women on this planet who still believe that.!!
TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:50:30 -0000 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release It's the term that *lasts*, George, not their "explanation. " The explanation won't be present when women around the world hear the term and realize what Maharishi and the TMO really think of women. And they DO. I've heard Maharishi actually talk to a woman after she got her second Ph.D. and tell her, "That's good...you'll have some- thing to talk about with your husband and children when you finally have them." She left the movement that day. Which is downright *offensive* to some women. Equally offensive to many woman, who claim the *right*, not the *burden* of supporting them- selves and paying for their own lives themselves. George, this is a reworking of "the white man's burden," just leaving out the "white." It's one of the major problems all along with the TMO and Maharishi's vision, from my perspective. Some teacher treat their students as adults; MMY has always treated them like children, unable to make their own decisions for themselves. Instead, as the benevolent father figure, he gets to make them for them. Now he's extending that "right" to the *men* he's left in charge after he croaks. *They* get to make all the decisions for the women. Didn't you notice the reactions a couple of years back when they trotted out the rajas in their uniforms and no mention was even *made* of their wives? Do you think that was just some kind of oversight. It wasn't. They don't count. They're not men. Which is a sexist fantasy, a way of keeping women in a subservient position, dependent on the men. Read some feminist literature, dude. It's *right* about many things. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.