--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <ffl...@...> wrote: > > > > > As is Paris. Why Paris? The TMO seems never to have been particularly popular > in France. Probably the least TMO of European countries -- at least as far as > number of TM teachers. > > A spiritual teacher from the UK I know, one with a decent following and who > taught different new age techniques, and also reiki, told me he tried to > teach a workshop in France as part of a European tour and vowed never to > teach there again, after most or all of the French students kept butting in > constantly to tell him "no, you should be teaching it this way!" Perhaps the > TMO had a similar outcome. > > T: "Maharishi, I want with all my heart to stay in Vlodrop with you. But the > French woman I used to date now in med school now wants to marry and her > father is offering a $100 million dowry. And she will inherit a large chunk > of old money (Rothschilds?) What should I do?" > > M: "Paris" > > Wouldn't the usual movement way be to make a counteroffer and ask for a $300 > million dowry?
Laugh. Very good. Touche. That would be M.'s style from what I have heard and seen. Cagey and clever, and breath takingly bold (if not embarrassingly so) if anything. > "Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only > love." > > - Amma > > --- On Sun, 1/24/10, tartbrain <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > From: tartbrain <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More on "Raja Ram" > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 1:05 PM > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Well King Tony has a nice condo in Paris paid for out > > > > > > of movement funds > > > > > > > > > > Do we know that it's paid for out of movement funds? > > > > > > > > Didn't he get his weight in gold from the movement? > > > > > > Only to fund his research. > > > > Which takes place in his condo. Funding to have a nice quiet place to > > work. > > > > Ah, who knows. Could be that the movement owns the condo, given the > > movements fondness for real estate. Or that he is independently wealthy. > > Or that his wife is rich. Or he gets paid a huge salary and has a mortgage > > to match. > > > > He comes from a wealthy or at least well to do family doesn't he? > > And a $million mortgage is only $5000 or so a month. Hardly a fraction of the > pay of most global CEOs. > > His wife is an interesting question mark. As is Paris. Why Paris? The TMO > seems never to have been particularly popular in France. Probably the least > TMO of European countries -- at least as far as number of TM teachers. > Perhaps his wife is from Paris. And Tony promised her he would set up home in > Paris. The condo may be more to her standards than his. And if has has such > tastes, perhaps she also has family (or stock options from a quick stint in > IPO land). All speculation -- but wife an Paris are interesting parts of the > puzzle. > > AND if he was really going to do the vedic raja thing, a huge dowry would be > mandatory. Voila. > > fly on the wall heard: > > T: "Maharishi, I want with all my heart to stay in Vlodrop with you. But the > French woman I used to date now in med school now wants to marry and her > father is offering a $100 million dowry. And she will inherit a large chunk > of old money (Rothschilds?) What should I do?" > > M: "Paris" > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links >