--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > You should know that this guy is MMY's nephew. In India, due to their > > > belief in reincarnation, nepotism is the norm and is usually celebrated > > > as the proper way things get done. The first Prime Minister of India was > > > named Jawaharlal Nehru. Coincidentally, Indira Ghandi was his > > > granddaughter, and Rajiv Ghandi was his great-grandson. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_India#Prime_Ministers > > > > > > The swami named in the will to succeed Gurudev was Gurudev's nephew, it > > > turns out. Indians just assume that their relatives are the best person > > > for the job because the cosmos chose them for it by causing them to be > > > born as relatives of the person in power. > > > > > > > > > That said, I've heard the rumors of the nephews of MMY being bad people > > > for years. But those same rumors say that TM doesn't work, that all the > > > research is bogus and so on. It wouldn't be surprising if some of the > > > rumors were true. It also wouldn't be surprising if some of the rumors > > > were false. > > > > > > L. > > > > > > > We've been hearing about Girish extorting kick-backs and such around > > pundits in the pundit program for some long time. I would not want to be > > the Westerners wading into figure out what is going on in the workings of > > the TM movement there. Sociopaths are not likely to put capable honorable > > people around them either. For as big as it is this is going to be > > extremely complicated for Tony and the board of trustees to manage. I'd > > really fear for their safety if and when they go over there to help > > straighten it out. > > You mean, that despite the huge piles of money Girish and family have stashed > away, and living very well indeed, he felt the need to make a few dollars > from kickbacks from pundits? And people in Fairfield know about this for a > long time? Bevan and John H knew this and stood by? The Rajas? They all > looked the other way? If that is true, then trouble is ahead, big trouble. > > So Buck, are people talking about this is Fairfield? What is the general > feeling about this? About the TMO's future given this? > > > >
Folks are only just finding out about this. Within the Fairfield meditating community, yes people are talking about this amongst themselves as they learn about it. In Fairfield there are different elements to the whole meditator community. Only a very few people actually have a place or participate at the upper level. Most meditators do not have much contact or much interaction with the organizational movement as such. -Buck > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Given that perspective by people who knew him when, how did he come to > > > > run the hugely lucrative TMO India? And why didn't people speak up? > > > > (Maybe they did but we would never know). Why did the American Rajas > > > > over there put up with this crap all these years? Surely they must > > > > have seen and sensed that things were not right. > > > > > >
