--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > snip > > > > > > > > > > > I've always felt that much of the craziness > > > emanating from the TMO > > > over the past 25 years came about because the people > > > around MMY > > > didn't reign him in when these ideas came out of his > > > mouth. > > > > > > I haven't been around MMY enough to know the > > > dynamics of the > > > relationship he had with them -- so the following is > > > just > > > speculation on my part -- but I suspect that in the > > > days when Jarvis > > > and Lutes were around that they held him in check. > > > Nowadays, there > > > are cult nutcases around him who either encourage > > > his every whim or > > > are too caught up in the > > > Maharishi-is-possessed-of-papal- > > > infallibility so that they never question him or > > > hold him in check > > > when these ideas come up. > > > > I agree with this and want to add even more. On my TTC > > (LaAntilla, 1972) somebody got up and expressed > > discomfort regarding bowing down to Guru Dev at the > > end of the puja because they were Jewish. He was > > sincerely asking MMY for an understanding that would > > resolve this conflict. MMY's initial response was to > > blow the guy off. He made jokes and even said that we > > sin and violate our religion every day, what's one > > more sin (!). But they guy would not accept any of > > MMY's answers and would not budge, not out of > > arrogance but out of complete sincerity and faith in > > MMY's ability to answer this question. The guy started > > to cry but wouldn't back off at all. It got really > > intense with the guy crying and MMY just blowing him > > off and laughing. All the lights even went off for > > awhile. When it became clear that the guy was not > > going to budge, at all, MMY suddenly shifted and said, > > "Alright" and gave this amazing talk about Guru Dev, > > bowing down, the puja and God. It was incredibly > > powerful and resolved, for this guy, any conflict he > > had. When MMY finished talking the guy asked if the > > tape of their conversation could be played for every > > TTC. MMY said, "No. When you dig for water and get > > oil, you will not appreciate it and just through it > > away." I wonder what would happen today if someone dug > > for oil with MMY out of complete and total sincerity > > and would not budge one inch until their conflict was > > resolved? I think MMY is surrounded by water drillers > > and he resonds in like. > > > > Most of my bitterness towards the direction the TMO has taken over > the years is reserved for those around him. Yes-men do no service > to a CEO in a corporation and their counterparts in the TMO do no > service to MMY. >
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