--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > TurqB, if this took some courage to post, which I'm guessing > > it did, I thank you for that. > > He has told this story again and again for many years before you > arrived.
This is true. Didn't take any courage per se. But it's unusual in that the concomitant bashing was minimal. > I don't doubt his story, but suspect he is telling it to gain > weight and credibility for his lifelong project; to bash > Maharishi and the TMO as much as possible and in a "subtle" > way introduce Buddhism as sooo much better. > In other words, it's a trick to make him more believable in > the eyes of gullible readers. I think the "project" is just to promote Barry. Bashing MMY/the TMO and/or touting Buddhism are means to that end. The main point of the story is to make himself seem Important. But this was a good post on its own terms.