--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > I like a lot of what Chopra says and writes. And then > > > there's stuff he is just stupid about. > > > > > > What i object to about him is his "Dauphin" airs, a > > > kinda arrogance about him. > > > > As I've said before, Chopra was "after my time" > > in the TMO. I've never read any of his books, do > > not expect ever to read any of his books, and > > have no real feel for him other than articles > > that have been quoted here or published on the > > Web. That said, there does seem to be something > > both attention-seeking *and* stupid about him. > > > > But what I find more interesting is the enduring > > hatred that long-term TMers seem to aim at him. > > Whatever they claim on the surface, the bottom > > line of it always has struck me as them being > > *jealous* of him for *making* money by parroting > > the same unoriginal, recycled spiritual dogma > > that they had to *pay* money to parrot. > > > > The average TM teacher or TM camp follower has > > spent thousands to hundreds of thousands of > > dollars learning and then parroting "knowledge" > > that Maharishi himself (as far as I can tell) > > was doing nothing more than parroting from other > > sources. Chopra's main "sin" seems to be that he > > figured this out and decided to cut out the middle > > man and keep the parrot-money for himself. > > > You are on to something here, which is true... > He does seem to have the 'Midas Touch'... > He's a doctor, and doctors are taken seriously in our culture... > That's one thing that props him up, to the culture... > He is a prolific writer, but never mentioned Maharishi, in any of his books, > or dedicated any of his books, to whom he learnt, most, if not all of his > stuff... > So, many people are upset with him, not only because of his wild success, but > because he 'sold out'...and didn't give credit, where some credit belongs... > R.g. >
Actually, he did. In his first writing immediately after Maharishi's death, he said that everything he learned he learned from Maharishi.
