--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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...
PErhaps, but if you ask me, the stated goal, achievable or not, ego- based or not, is worthy. ------------------------ 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/
