Yes, many people became disillusioned with the Movement and Maharishi when he showed so much interest in business and money making... I guess he felt that he needed to 'Strike when the iron is Hot'...as he always liked to say... The culture he came from is so poor, which so many people starving, that I think he must have felt he needed to accumulate as much wealth as possible to keep the movement going and to support people in India and the revival of Veda-ism...and so on...
In my mind Maharishi had certain personality traits that upset some people, but he was only doing what he felt was his Dharma...and that is to teach TM worldwide to as many people as possible.. Plus he got burnt quite a few times, and always felt that people still didn't 'get' what he was teaching... So, with money and with sex and with power, there is always a lot of controversy.... Bevan always seemed to support Maharishi's thinking, as the perfect 'yes-man'...but I don't know how much Maharishi liked him... I think he was just good for business... I think probably Maharishi had more love and respect for Jerry Jarvis, but Jerry wasn't really a good 'Yes-Man'... And so it goes... --- In [email protected], "mjackson74" <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Ha! That's true - I stopped actively participating in the Movement after a 2 > year stint working on staff at MIU (wonder if there are any statistics for > how many people quit the Movement after a staff experience at a Movement > facility) > > So I wasn't totally aware of all the projects - oddly enough when I was still > a Movement junky the very first time I had an odd feeling about it all was > during the Taste of Utopia course in '83-'84 when Maharishi asked for some > large amount of cash for some project. I remember feeling "Didn't he just ask > for a bunch of money for some other project a year or so ago?" > > Writing this reminds me of a staff meeting we had with Bevan when he had just > come back from Europe with M and was talking in glowing terms about some guy > they had heard of who was loaded, as Bevan said > > "He is as rich as Croesus. And these are the kinds of people we need to get > meditating. Because if he starts doing TM, he can give us his money and we > can use his money to further the cause of bringing the world to > enlightenment." > > I remember thinking what about his personal enlightenment? What about the > benefits to the rich guy? You only want him for his money?" > > but as I was not yet ready to leave MIU I kept that though to myself. > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "mjackson74" <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea of how many projects the Movement and Maharishi > > > solicited funds for which subsequently were never built or completed? > > > > A lot less than those realized. > > >
