--- 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 and the > mov't is still nowhere close to saving their world as promised. I > occasionally check into other guru-chatgroups where this has already > happened and it's enlightening. The yogananda TBs are still > struggling with why their mov't isn't the "dominant religion of the > New Age" as promised and coming up with bizarre rationalizations to > explain away continual reports of corruption within the org. by "the > Mothers" who now in charge.
That's interesting - they're still clinging after all this time... I spent a few hours about a year ago looking through many of the TM websites in India (at least the ones in English). What struck me the most was how many of them were mixed in with for-profit business ventures: vertical software for schools, accounting etc. JohnY ------------------------ 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/
