--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Now, let me get this straight, are you saying that the TMO continued to raise > money for Vedaland AFTER it was announced that Henning was dying? Or that > they just offered no refunds for the investments after it was announced the > project wasn't happening?
Yes. They were selling minimum lots of $50,000 when Henning was on his death bed and vedaland obviously wasn't going to happen. But they knew alright, he was in a hospice at the time unbeknownst to us poor saps on the receiving end of the PR spin. I remember someone at the presentation asking what Doug was doing at the time and the slick PR guy evasively said "Doug's a great guy and really committed to the project" thus neatly sidestepping the question. It should have registered with me more than it did but I was rather depressed by all the sales projection charts and BS phone poll results that the TMO had done to care much about any of it. Henning died a few weeks later and I was still on the course, I realised what had happened and was fucking livid but my protests met with the usual "Maharishi knows what he is doing" crap. Yep, ripping off the flock is what he was doing. I stopped taking it seriously after that, then the raja thing started with all the million dollar donations and then the Kaplan letter etc. I know many people who donated to things that never happened but they all believed that the money was going to where it was most needed so it didn't matter! I always hoped I'd meet the PR guy again so I could punch his lights out. His presentation started with movie about Doug Henning and his amazing magic act which included making elephants disappear (probably not up his sleeve) it was great stuff and in the NLP adverts he did when he lived at the TM headquarters in England he came across as a really nice guy. Poor sod. I wonder if he knew. > ________________________________ > From: salyavin808 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:41 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Co$ in the news again..... > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > I would love to know why those Kaplan boys never did it - they were pretty > > steamed at Marsh-he. I think I'll ask my friend George - he used to know > > Earl pretty good I think. > > I sure as hell would have done, but I think Turq is right > about why people don't like to rock the boat. For most > people the threat of being banned from courses is enough > to get them back in line. The thought of losing that "fast- > lane to enlightenment" appears to be worth more than anything > to most people in the TMO. Including their pride and sense > of right and wrong. > > And I've seen some shocking abuses of peoples trust and money. > Some due to incompetence, some deliberate fraud. I saw a > presentation about vedaland, the TM themepark that Marshy > was planning in Canada. Designed by magician Doug Henning, > it was going to have floating buildings as well as being > educational for the masses about the mythical vedic civilisation. > It was a slick and, I thought, very cynical money making > scheme with a minimum stake of $50,000. > > But my ire at their use of BS PR tactics to raise money > was nothing compared to the anger I voiced when it turned > out that it wasn't going to happen because Doug Henning > was on his deathbed with liver cancer. > > I was on a course at the time and I was the only one who > raised hell about it. Apart from the obviously dubious morals > it's actually illegal, in Europe anyway, to raise money > for something that isn't going to happen. And if you raise > money and it doesn't happen for some reason you have to offer > a refund. The TMO didn't bother with that obviously and blew > all their credibility with me in an instant but what got me > was the cowed and defeated attitude of everyone else. Too > scared to rock the boat in case they got sent home. What sort > of spontaneous right action was that? > > "If god didn't want them sheared he would not have made them sheep" > > > ________________________________ > > From: turquoiseb > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:09 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Co$ in the news again..... > > > > > > à> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > > > Can't wait for the big money donors to the TM Movement to > > > wake up and do that exact same thing. > > > > With all due respect, and as Buddy Holly once said > > so well, "That'll be the day." > > > > TMers are still too guruwhipped to "go public" with > > their complaints. Pussies, the whole lot of them. > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: salyavin808 > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:21 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Co$ in the news again..... > > > > > > Scientology Faces Lawsuit From Luis And Maria Garcia, Claim They Were > > > 'Duped' Into Giving Donations > > > > > > > > > The Church of Scientology "duped" two members into donating > > > Ãâã265,000 on the pretence it would go to worthy causes, according > > > to a lawsuit filed in Florida. > > > California-based Luis and Maria Garcia, members of the church for 28 > > > years, have filed the complaint in federal court in Tampa, naming trusts > > > and charitable organisations linked to the controversial church,Ãâà> > > AP reported. > > > The lawsuit says: "The church, under the leadership of David Miscavige, > > > has strayed from its founding principles and morphed into a secular > > > enterprise whose primary purpose is taking people's money." > > > > > > The Church of Scientology is subject to a lawsuit in Florida > > > The couple, who left the church in 2010 due to conflict of opinion with > > > Miscavige, claim they were asked to donate sums totalling more than > > > Ãâã265,000. > > > According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Garcias allege that, over the > > > years, the church redirected hundreds of thousands of dollars in > > > donations the couple had earmarked specifically for the construction of a > > > massive "Super Power" building in downtown Clearwater, Florida. > > > But they allege they were also asked to fund campaigns for disaster > > > relief and ending child pornography, all of which went to line the > > > pockets of the church. > > > Church spokesman Pat Harney said in a statement that the church had no > > > comment on an impending lawsuit. > > > "We understand from media inquiries this has something to do with > > > fundraising and we can unequivocally state all funds solicited are used > > > for the charitable and religious purposes for which they were donated." > > > Mr Garcia told Tampa Bay Online that the church's requests for money were > > > relentless, and other members he knew had taken out credit cards and > > > mortgages to keep giving donations. "They never would take no for an > > > answer. They would just not back off," he said. > > > "I came to the conclusion that the church had departed from its original > > > ideals and that I had been deceived with regard to all my donations all > > > these years. I found out that these causes were not really true. I had > > > been lied to and that is the basis for this lawsuit." > > > The couple's lawyer Theodore Babbitt said similar claims from other > > > ex-Scientologists would be forthcoming, and that the Garcia's still had > > > faith in the principles of Scientology, but were furious with the > > > direction in which Miscavige, a close friend of actor Tom Cruise, had > > > taken the church. > > > > > > This from Huffington post. > > > > > >
