--- In [email protected], "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "John M. Knapp, LMSW" > > <jmknapp53@> wrote: > > > > > > > Except, of course, that the "billions" are in the > > > > custody of the TMO. He didn't do much for himself > > > > with them, did he? > > > > > > Ummm, did you not get the memo about his golden toilets? > > > > > > I saw them at Livingston Manor. I've been told they were > > > there in Europe as well. > > > > > > Just a symbol of what the Maharishi did with his billions. > > > > Actually his private living quarters were financed by > > private donations, not TMO funds. > > > What does that mean? The TMO has been financed by private > donations for the past few decades, whether the money went > directly to mmy or the tmo or a world peace bond doesn't > matter.
Seems to me there's a difference between personal gifts of money to MMY and donations to the TMO. > > And I don't know exactly how much a "golden toilet" > > costs, but it's probably only a relatively small > > percentage of the typical wealthy CEO's retirement > > benefits. MMY certainly could have retired in luxury > > two decades ago if he had chosen to. Instead, he was > > working for the TMO right up until his death at, > > what, 93 or thereabouts. > > > mmy certainly believed in his cause and worked hard for > it, but he also lived in luxury from the time the tmo > was able to finance it. exactly how was mmy's benefits > any different from a typical ceo's? he was surrounded > by servants catering to every whim, the finest living > surroundings, private doctors and best in western medical > care when he got sick, etc. he didn't live some kind of > decadent jet set lifestyle, but most CEOs I know don't- > they all work hard and spend their day pretty much like > mmy did doing business deals and having meetings and > raising money and overseeing underlings. mmy had a > spiritual related business, but definitely a business. Yeah, but most CEOs retire well before they're in their 90s. They also tend to have yachts and racehorses and private jets and go on expensive vacations and dine in high-class restaurants and have wine cellars and fine art and hand-tailored clothing and jewelry and designer dresses for their wives and private tennis courts and swimming pools and summer homes and so on and so on. MMY's home wasn't all that palatial; a lot of other people lived in the building as well. Relatively speaking, he was pretty low-upkeep for a CEO. Not to mention some other spiritual teachers like Rajneesh with his Rolexes and 100+ Rolls-Royces. MMY certainly wasn't in it for his own personal enrichment.
