--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > Eh, MMY liked him. > > See my previous post. > > > Also, "pampered rich guy" may not be a proper description of him. > > Ahem. > > Tony Nader was *LONG* after my time. I never encountered > his holy countenance while still a part of the TMO, and > only heard of him on forums like this. > > But what about his lifestyle *since* he was sat on a big > fucking scale and given his weight in gold (Yes, lurkers, > that really happened) does *NOT* qualify in your mind as > being a "pampered rich guy." >
It was a publicity gimmick. As I understand it, the weight in gold was acutally a research grant. > Whatever else you may think of him because of how Maharishi > regarded him, the dude has been able to live a *rather* > pampered -- and duplicitous -- life ever since. Onstage, > he got to be Rajafuckingram, symbol of the wisdom of silence, > the power of bramacharya (celibacy), and the all-powerful > Woo Woo of Vedic Invincibility. Offstage, he got to have > (presumably, and presumably *all* paid for by the TMO) a > nice apartment in Paris in which he kept the wife and > children he kept hidden from everyone in the TM movement, > including his closest friends. And he got to live there > in the kind of style that we have all heard rumors of -- > involving having his cooks prepare him seven different > meals each night, so that he could peruse them and then > reject all but one, Raja-style. > I've never heard that kind of rumor before. Interesting. > I mean, dude. Saudi Sheiks can't get away with this shit. Er, doubtful. The Saudi Royals were and are far more elaborate in what they did. L.
