--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So the Pillow Talk with the Great Man consisted of > him bashing > everyone who was willing to work for him because > they were so > gullible? > > Sounds to me like there's another gullible person > posting in this > exchange... > I have a hard time with that too. Maybe it's true, maybe not. Maybe the point of the story has become over-stated now. It seems way too cynical. But then again, "I don't know!" > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some here have wondered about Maharishi¹s motives > in fostering his > > increasingly bizarre schemes. Tallest buildings, > rajas, etc. Some > say he¹s > > upping the weirdness ante in order to motivate > people to leave and > think for > > themselves. Others say his vision is far ahead of > the rest of the > world and > > he¹s establishing the foundation of an enlightened > society. Here¹s > another > > theory. When Jennifer was in M¹s room late at > night in Mallorca > (for reasons > > we need not re-hash) she said he often derided the > Westerners as > gullible > > fools for believing all the things he was telling > them (hence, our > dear, > > already-enlightened co-moderator¹s handle). > Perhaps, like a > playground > > bully, he has a cynical streak that causes him to > derive pleasure > from > > making fools out of people. Perhaps, as with any > addiction, he has > had to > > keep increasing the weirdness ante in order to > continue gratifying > this > > streak. If there is any truth to this theory, I > wouldn¹t assume > this was his > > only motivation. He¹s a master at incorporating > paradoxical > tendencies. I > > would suggest that plenty of altruism is mixed > with the cynicism. > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
