Is that it? Is this the great expose? I think most of this came up the second week FFL was live. (-:
--- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > If I have not caused many on FFL to despise me, this post > will go a long way towards that end, not that it is intentional and even though > I am going to have some fun with this, I am writing in a serious vein. > > My Description of the TM Movement > The First Level of the Movement: > It > all started with Marshy, a scribe by caste, erroneously or deceitfully (take > your pick) described for years as being from the warrior caste. This may have > been due to white folk not understanding the difference between kayastha and kshatriya. > Marshy > was a follower of Swami Bramananda, and became his secretary. He was told by > the Swami that he was a businessman and Marshy was no particular favorite of > the Swami, just his scribe. After Swami Bramananda's death, Marshy wandered around > for a while, then began to claim a special relationship with the Swami he did > not have. > Lying > from the beginning, he eventually told everyone that Guru Dev, as he called the > Swami, had given him the mantras and the charge to give the knowledge of spiritual > freedom in enlightenment and the means to achieve enlightenment in this life to > the people of the world. > Marshy's > wanderings eventually led him to the United States and England. In England he > evidently like the appearance of the British gals who came to learn wisdom at > his feet and began a decades long practice of attempting to seduce the ladies > who came to him for spiritual guidance and enlightenment. > Marshy > also became very enamored of money and did all he could to collect as much as > he could get, of course he wanted it to fund his world-wide movement which was > dedicated to the betterment of mankind, tho much of his attention in the > afterhours was devoted to womankind. > His > association with the Beatles led to a great deal of unexpected publicity which > he used to the fullest extent possible to gain more converts. In those days his > pitch was: the more people doing TM, the better the world would be. In a > pre-cursor of what would become routine fear mongering with him, he made hints > that nuclear war was a possibility if enough people did not do TM. > As > time went by he became more and more manipulative and began to concoct wilder > and more outlandish schemes to defraud people of their money, gain their > personal love and allegiance and for a few decades, get sex from those of his > followers who were willing. Allegations have been made that in the times he was > not successful in seducing women, he sent to India for Indian men to satisfy > his sexual needs. > Eventually, > even with all the absurd fantasies he was promoting â" enlightenment through TM, > levitation and other super powers through the TM Sidhi program, perfect health > through his brand of Ayurveda, improvement of life through his brand of Indian > astrology, removal of "bad karma" with Hindu sacrifices (yagas), he became increasingly > bizarre as his own set of karmas became manifest when he became increasingly > senile. > > Eventually > he led a Howard Hughes existence, cut off from the world by those who had > everything to lose by revealing his actual mental and medical state. And so he > died, reviled by those who saw through his façade, adored by those who > allowed the Vedic wool to be pulled over their eyes. >
