Correction. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/3xddff7 > > Please note that this is on the OFFICIAL SAI > BABA WEBSITE.
I had been told in the past that this was a website paid for and generated by Sai Baba's organization, but a search of it finds no such "official" attribution, and in fact an explicit claim that it's not. Still, it's a pretty remarkable site, which I recommend to those interested in guru highjinks and how some TB guru followers respond to them. The home page: http://www.saisathyasai.com/ The "Contact" page is remarkably revealing in its use of threats and paranoia: http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/disclaimer.shtml Whether officially sanctioned by the Sai Baba org or not, this website is an example of what lies at the bottom of the slippery slope that seekers head down when they choose to go the route of "shoot the messenger." Who -- except Nabby, of course -- could read this and come away thinking, "Wow...that is sure one *spiritual* organ- ization! I just can't *wait* to become part of it and learn to think like these true spiritual seekers think?" Now think about the impression created in lurkers by those who have dedicated YEARS OF THEIR LIVES to trying to practice "shoot the messenger" on FFL and a.m.t. posters who criticize Maharishi or TM or the TMO. What are they THINKING to believe that this is a "spiritual" thing to do and will be perceived as one? So far (probably due to its limited availability), I have seen no "shoot the messenger" responses to Judith's book from the TMO. I *have* seen attempts by official TM spokes- persons to demonize and discredit David Sieveking for his film "David Wants To Fly," including threatened lawsuits and attempts to get the premiere of the film canceled. I am merely suggesting proactively that folks really don't want to "go there." Doing so is a classically dumb method of shooting yourself (and the teacher or org you are trying to "protect") in the foot. Do you really want to be thought of the way that you probably thought of the person who created the "Pro-Sai" site above? There ain't nuthin' "pro" about it, only "con," as in con job. "People use the word 'guru' because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell." - Peter Drucker
