Very good points. The IRS Form 990s of the Maharishi Foundation, USA, and the David Lynch Foundation, give a pretty good idea of where money has been spent since those organizations were founded, but both of them are recent creations.
L ---In [email protected], <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In [email protected], <anartaxius@...> wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. I am pretty sure the average "investor" or giver of "charity" to the Movement in aid of some project or other was pretty much thinking there was good karma to be had by doing so or simply that if the money did not go toward one particular thing it would go to another "worthy" cause. Of course, this does nothing to encourage honesty or accountability on the part of the Movement in order to let investors know what happened to their money because the whole thing is based on good will and the sometimes mistaken idea that those in power have only good intentions and are honest. This is never a good way to operate because it would definitely encourage theft and embezzlement by either those running things or MMY himself. People are people and that means they are usually not above dipping their hand into an anonymous pot of money. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. As we all know (I think and hope) there is no outward way to measure enlightenment. For any spiritual system to claim they have X amount of enlightened followers would be laughable. I rather applaud any movement that doesn't make a list of enlightened people. No one is going to believe the list anyway. I mean, it isn't like enlightened people glow purple or start spontaneously speaking in Hebrew so that at least we could spot them in a crowd. ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 <[email protected]> Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. "It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better" - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
