Mark What are the names of the other spiritual chatgroups-are they yahoo groups? I think it would be interesting to see what their posts are like.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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. ------------------------ 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/
