--- In [email protected], "guyfawkes91" <guyfawke...@...> wrote: > > > > Seems to me the account-freezing is a good sign; it means > > *somebody*, or a bunch of somebodies, who have power in > > the movement want things cleared up, and have probably > > wanted them cleared up for a while. It's not surprising > > these folks wouldn't want to make public any findings that > > would reflect poorly on MMY's family, so we probably > > shouldn't expect transparency. > > > > But if those somebodies have some integrity (yes, I know, > > big If), with a little luck the way money is handled in > > the movement may undergo some beneficial restructuring > > (to stop the alleged bleeding, if nothing else). > > On the nail! > > Did you notice how the very last thing Maharishi did > was to create the Brahmanada Saraswati fund, with > non-Indians at the top? Did you ever wonder why he > left it so late to set something like that up? The > "somebodies" who knew what was going on finally > forced Maharishi to wise up to what had been going on > in India and to take steps to make sure that > non-family members had ultimate control.
I'd guess it was strategically timed by both MMY and the "somebodies." They figured if he didn't create the fund until he really was on his deathbed, the alleged family perps wouldn't dare complain about it, at least not until after he'd died and the mourning period was over, by which time it would be engraved in stone. Man, that all must be one hell of a story. <snip> > Integrity isn't something the movement is familiar > with, but they are having to learn it now that > finance is drying up and people are asking > questions. The best thing would be to have an > independent audit of the whole operation and put > people behind bars if need be. That would be a > complete break with the past and would give people > more confidence in future. Cover ups usually turn > out worse than the crime. I really don't think that's likely, frankly. We can't even get that done *here*, for pete's sake, with the bankers and Wall Street thieves. But if the "cover up" is effective at forcibly removing grubby hands from cookie jars and keeping them out, and things get put firmly on the straight and narrow, I don't know that it would necessarily be in the movement's interest to publicize and prosecute as well.
