--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The TMO made plenty of offers to teach TM to 3rd world countries with > payment due on achievement of certain goals. > > What MMY probably does NOT believe is that creating the Maharishi > effect automatically guarantees that the TMO will thrive.
Just as a question, hasn't it ever occurred to you that this fascination with the TMO "thriving" and surviving for centuries is just an extension of Maharishi's ego? I mean, we're talking the guy who was hung up for a while on physical immortality. We're talking the guy who is afraid to stray too far from the ever-present doctors who brought him back last time he almost croaked. We're talking the guy who wants to build the world's tallest phallus to keep his memory alive. In other words, is the desire to perpetuate the TM movement really selfless, or is it merely just another way to perpetuate the self? The closer Maharishi gets to death, the more money he seems to need to perpetuate the extension of his self that is the TM movement. A few years ago, people were shocked when he was begging for half a billion dollars. These days, he needs 600 billion just for one project. In my experience, those who have realized eternity in their daily lives don't spend a lot of time thinking about what the world is going to do without them when they merge back into that eternity. On the other hand, Maharishi seems to spend almost *all* his time these days think- ing about this, and raising money so that the memory of his self is perpetuated and never forgotten. As Llundrub pointed out yesterday, there is no acceptance of the perfection of the world as it is, only a compulsion to remake the world into the image of it his self dreams about. And the closer he gets to dying, the more he wants to make what a truly enlightened being would have realized is already perfect "more perfect," and the more money he needs to remake this already-perfect world in his own image. Strange, if you ask me... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
