--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > What specific power do the nephews hold? > > > > > > They are on the board of directors of most of the TM organizations. > > In > > > all the listings that I have seen at least one of them is on every > > board. > > > > > > > Pretty powerful, but are they dictators or can they be overruled? > > It will be interesting to watch the machiavellian battles after MMY > dies. Given the "damn democracy" attitude of the mov't, I expect > lots of power politics, not consensus decision making. Tony is > king, but I doubt has much real power, ie, control over money. > Most of the assets are now in India and the nephews will surely > rule as dictators there. > > Maybe Bevan, Hagelin and Wynne share vedic city as their domain, > though Varma is listed as the key financial guy there as well. > Hagelin is now the main fund raiser in the US which grants him > powerful status, but I wonder how much money he can raise after MMY > goes. MMY has handed out a lot of crowns, but it's who he gives > bank account signatory powers to that's the key. I don't see any > of the rajs or lieutenants or even the King rising as some kind of > successor to MMY with similar spiritual-paternal authority and > status. > > IT will also be interesting to see how the TBs react when MMY goes > and there's no clear successor authority figure to surrender to
You make an excellent point with regard to who has power over the movement's finances. However, I'm not sure how MMY could have made it any *more* clear whom he has designated as his *spiritual* successor. Whether that "sticks" once push comes to shove is another issue entirely. I've suggested before that the whole recert and raja hoo-hah was intended to prune the movement down to a small core of people whose loyalty was rock-solid so that it could be cleanly passed on to King Tony, avoiding at least any controversy over MMY's spiritual successor. Whether financial control ultimately trumps spiritual control remains to be seen. It could well happen if the spiritual loyalty of the second-tier Big Deals turns out to have been mere lip service. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
