The many European and American "Hindu" TM teachers didn't become 'HIndu' from practicing TM. Rather, the relatively few teachers that continued to follow MMY affected a 'HIndu' appearance. The vast majority of teachers refused the change, and left the movement. MMY cast a wide net initially. A large pool of fish were drawn to him. Nearly all escaped, except for a few fish, from whom he extracted ever-increasing levels of commitment of time and resources. Those who continued with MMY abandoned the idea of a universal appeal of TM as a technique for everyone, and bought into the idea of narcissistic self-importance. MMY sequentially unwrapped ever-more overtly 'HIndu' gifts, at ever-more expensive prices. The TMO became totally dependent upon fewer and fewer persons financially, while simultaneously it became irrelevant to the larger world.
When did MMY ever spell out clearly that it (Ayurveda) isn't perfect and that all the advice of the ancient sages and gods of Ayurveda should be taken with a grain of salt? He always let it be known that when he re-enlivened Ayurveda, he virtually perfected it. "Long, long life, in the direction of Immortality". How many times did we hear that, pray tell? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" <mainstream20016@> > wrote: > > > > So, someone in the movement acknowledges that MMY in the 1990s had a > > serious illness that required an allopathic medicine intervention ? > > Its about time. So many movement people died for bias against > > allopathic medical care. So many names that come to mind- you can fill > > in the blanks. I think those deaths had a huge negative impact on the > > movement, which was busy was raking in mega bucks from products they > > sold as replacing modern healthcare. > > So sad that people arrogantly denied the benefits of allopathic > > medicine, and died as a result. > > > > > > I wouldn't doubt for a second that this is the case, but y'know, MMY always > told people to > stick to the religion they learned at their mother's knee and not try to > become Hindu, and > he resisted the call to Hinduize the TMO for a very long time after he made > the initial > decision to make it a non-denominational spiritual organization, and look how > many > American and European "Hindu" TM teachers there are. People want a "perfect" > system, > even while nodding sagely at teaching stories from said "perfect" system that > spell out > clearly that it isn't perfect and that all the advice of the ancient sages > and gods of > Ayurveda should be taken with a grain of salt. > > > Lawson >
