On Jun 21, 2008, at 12:46 PM, John M. Knapp, LMSW 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.
And an appropriate one. :-)
There are a number of common myths about Maharishi and the TMO and the
idea that he was this renunciate living totally unattached to his
enormous wealth is another and just plain bunk. His obsessions with
silk, his completely wooden Mansion at Vlodrop (built with no nails),
elaborate preparations of honey, drugs from his own drug company--such
a list could go on and on. The danger in not mentioning these rather
obvious lies is that the TMO, as PR agent extraordinaire, would simply
re-write it's own false history and leave that dishonest edifice as a
"real" one. Even if that means taking the airbrush to some old photos,
these people don't care.
Consider just a few of the myths that have been fully debunked here on
FFL:
-that MMY, because he was enlightened, only slept a couple of hours a
night. False, perpetuated as true.
-that TM in unique. False, perpetuated as true.
-that TM is effortless. False, perpetuated as true.
-TM is great because the research says so. False, perpetuated as true.
...and numerous others.
If these lies would not have been exposed and placed in public record,
official TMO history would have perpetuated lie and lie after lie in a
vacuum. Even when told the blatant and honest truth, some TB's won't
or cannot believe it.
