--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sun...@...> wrote: > > From where I stand, I find the whole situation rather amusing, > because I have no skin in this game. But if I did have skin in > the game, I think I would find a lot to be disturbed about. > Namely, > > Where has my money been going? > > There was the perception that Tony's life was solely dedicated > to "The Knowledge" > > There was the perception that Tony, as the designated successor > to MMY was likely committed to the ideal of bramacharya > > The fact that the leader of the movement is living in a two > story condo in Paris has got to give people pause as to what > he is really committed to.
Sounds to me as if he's committed to "I've got mine, fuck the rest of you." > You have to wonder if the story was about to break and so the > disclosure was made under the guise of "children being of school > age". Bingo. *Somebody* has to have been preparing those 25-course meals for Da King and his brood. One of them was about to blow the whistle. So in response Da King obviously figured that most of his "subjects" were so stupid as to believe that 3-1/2 years old was "school age." :-) > No doubt, I would feel betrayed. And how often does a disclosure > like this turn out to be the tip of the ice berg type thing. > > Right, a two story condo in Paris is the logical place to conduct > the business of the movement. > > I don't see how the movement recovers from this. I say this is the > loose thread that is going to cause the whole thing to unravel. I would have to say that that's as much "wishful thinking" as believing that Sat Yuga is really here and that what you read on Global Good News is really the news. True Believers will find a way to believe no matter what. Deep inside, there is a little voice that says to them, "If I doubt now, that's like saying that I was stupid and wasted my life. Can't have that. I'll hang in there with the Kingster and wish his 3-1/2-year-old luck in "school." :-) The TB phenomenon is a strange one. As Bhairitu has previously reported, another instance of it can be seen in the *terrible* film "The Book Of Eli," which I watched last night. In a post- apocalyptic world, the whole premise of the movie (which one wag called "Road Warrior meets Zatoichi") is that if Denzel Washington manages to save one copy of The Bible, that'll make everything all better again. All I can say is that I hope that Denzel got paid a shitload of cash to be in this Christianist turkey. As for Da King, if this whole thing *does* blow up and he has to abdicate his imaginary throne and leave his imaginary kingdom in the hands of Bevan, the bottom line for him is still "I've got mine." He'll still have the condo in Paris and the wife and the kids. The *only* difference in his life would be that if wifey asks him to run down to the SuperU to pick up a liter of milk, he won't have to worry about someone seeing him without his robes and crown. That would be the *only* real change in his lifestyle. For the True Believers who *bought into* the well- cultivated perception of his lifestyle, BIG change. That's why they'll find a way to "stuff" this whole thing and never think about it again. To do other- wise would leave them having to challenge their own beliefs in not only Da King, but in the guy who told them over and over and over and over that Da King was the perfect incarnation of Brahman and Purusha and everything "right" with the world. The only real change I'd see in most of the movement is that when Da King issues a proclamation to his "subjects," some of them are going to laugh in his face instead of taking it seriously. Which, if you think about it, is a development that is almost as interesting as the whole faux tapestry unraveling, and what any sane person should have been doing all along.
