--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's Rick's question and the answer to it, in two short > posts. Gullibility is having made the decision to believe > someone, and believe in someone, no matter what. It > renders one incapable of even hearing something other > than what the "authority" has said. Does Maharishi play > with this, knowing that his followers have lost their ability > to discriminate? Well, duh. >
I tend to think about this whenever I see 1 million dollar crowns and robs, and fairly quiet real estate transactions on rundown properties bought with other peoples money... (sometimes accompanied by a flickering thought of Girish....) JohnY > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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... > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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 <*> 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/
