Anybody clear on the status of the deed for MUM and the Domes currently? Just wondering. Long time ago the point was sternly made by Bevan that the Domes were in fact not owned by the community and were mortgaged away. The campus here mortgaged too and the money used elsewhere. What parts of the movement hold the properties of MUM in Fairfield now? Do these elements stand at all independent of this grab in India? Some while ago while Maharishi was still alive and before Tony Nader and the current TM-Raj and as the larger movement properties in the West were being liquidated and money moved around some of Maharishi's nephews came a touring campus along with their wives on an inspection of the property. It was sort of like an Indian gun-boat diplomacy tour. Do they own the campus by virtue of some Indian trust? How secure is the campus itself from the Indians?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Oh really? When the money was supposed to be spent on creating world peace > through yogic flying groups, they spent a billion plus on land? Yep it was > good financial management from the point of view of his nevvies who now get > the dough, from the point of view of all the donors who gave money for other > purposes, not so much. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius <anartaxius@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:13 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Land Trust, India > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Thats not income. What you have proven is that on the whole assets have > > been well enough managed as value has been preserved. Its not an indication > > of profligate spending or mismanagement but rather the reverse. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Having read with interest Bob Roth's assertion that the Movement has only > > > modest income (in the event he chaired to respond in Fairfield to answer > > > questions about the film David Wants to Fly) I offer this article from > > > India Today paper, June of this year. > > > > > > Something similar was posted here in FFL although this article has much > > > more detail. > > > > > > If I have figured the exchange rates correctly, the Movement in India > > > alone is worth about $1,114,380,000.00 US Dollars. That is one billion, > > > one hundred fourteen million and change. > > > > > > http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharishi-mahesh-yogi-rs-60000-crore-fortune/1/201925.html > > > > If this amount were invested in securities, it could safely create an income > of about US$35,000,000 a year. But land just sits there until sold. There are > also stories that some of this land has been shifted to private interests > through various devious methods. >
