On 8/4/2014 6:57 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Lawson, it's really difficult to believe you're as unintelligent as
you come across sometimes. *ONLY* a cultist could *possibly* believe
that Tony Nader is "King" of something, anything.
The billion bucks was definitely tracked as income and assets of the
TMO. However, the same people who did the tracking admit that no one
knows where the money is now. It was redirected from other countries
to Maharishi's relatives, a black hole into which it has disappeared,
probably never to be seen again. If that's your idea of a "kingdom," I
wish you well with it.
When it comes to silly, very little on planet Earth could possibly top
the silliness of someone who actually believes that Tony Nader is a
"King" who could pass along his "kingdom" to his progeny.
>
Zen Master Rama levitating over water
/Zen Master Rama levitating over water/
>
You're simply not sane if you believe that, Lawson.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* "lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Monday, August 4, 2014 1:27 PM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Tony Nader wife
You guys are fond of quoting newspaper articles claiming teh TM
organization is worth billions.
That's a pretty hefty kingdom, if it really is worth that much, and
whoever controls the crown, controls whatever the asserts are wroth.
As an aside, anyone ever wonder at how silly people have to be to
entertain so many contradictory ways of looking at things?
L
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
Lawson, you're a hoot. You really do believe that there could possibly
be "succession issues" with regard to a "kingdom" that doesn't exist.
How sweet and brainwashed of you.
I always wondered for who's benefit the King was for, turns out it's
Lawson. Go figure.
Arise Sir English!
I often wonder how well the TMO would do if it just sold meditation
rather than a pre-packaged kingdom with all bases covered from teabags
to divination and invincible homes. Maybe they wouldn't alienate
absolutely all but the most feverishly needy. Maybe it would be a big
success or maybe it would sink without trace in a crowded market
place. I don't suppose we'll ever know.......
For that matter, it's pretty brainwashed and unrealistic of you to
believe that the TMO could *last long enough* to need someone to
replace Tony Nader...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* "LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Monday, August 4, 2014 3:49 AMre
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Tony Nader wife
Um....
King is generally a hereditary position and in fact, I recall that
Maharishi emphasized that when he talked about Tony abu Nader.
In fact, for a very long time,. I was wondering how the heck King Tony
was going to have kids if he was totally celibate.
And it turns out he wasn't.
Problem solved.
Though, of course, his daughters might not qualify to be "king" in the
male-dominated TM organization, and might not want to be ruler of the
Global Country of World Peace even if one or the other DID qualify.
I rather suspect that Maharishi had some alternate way of selecting
King Tony's successor if he only had girls and/or none of his
offspring were deemed suitable heirs to the throne.
Maharishi, more than anyone else, would have some sense about how
unclear succession issues can bring about huge fragmentation in an
organization such as the TMO, and given how meticulously he planned
everything else, I would be greatly surprised if he hadn't planned for
that eventuality as well.
L
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
Just to follow up, in case there there the possibility of a follow-up
implicit in this question, I have never met either Tony Nader nor his
wife. Both were long after my time in the TMO. I know nothing about
either of them than stuff that's been discussed here or on a Usenet
forum called alt.meditation.transcendental or (in the case of Da King)
official TM forums and press releases. If you stumbled on my name as a
budding critic of the royal couple, I admit that if you searched the
Net you might find parodies or criticisms I've written in the past
about them.
But I really did that because it was such a SETUP, man. I mean, the
*literal* king of TM, presented for decades as celibate and the very
personification on Earth of bramacharya, turning out to have had a
wife and kids for all these years? That's pretty classic, and if I
poked fun, I hope you can understand that I really had no choice. The
SETUP was just too compelling. :-)
That said, I don't really have any strong feelings about the Naders,
Mr. and Mrs. For all I know he might be an OK guy to chat with, if I
could get a few beers and a joint into him before we started. My take
on him is that he'd need that much just to get real. :-)
But if I were to ever offered the opportunity to sit down and have a
conversation with either of them, it would be Mrs. Nader I'd go for,
in a heartbeat. I know *nothing* about her other than that she's
French. THAT, plus the fact that she managed to find a way to be the
Invisible Wife Of A King make her in my book a *great* person to talk
to. I would pay *money* to be able to chat with her about what it was
like to be the Invisible Queen -- just the two of us, off the record,
just shootin' the shit, just giving her the opportunity to express to
*someone* what a long, strange trip it must have been.
I'd bet she has some GREAT stories to tell. I'd much rather hear them
than ANYTHING her husband could ever say, either on or off the record.
Besides, they'd be in French.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* "TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*Sent:* Sunday, August 3, 2014 12:40 PM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Tony Nader wife
I don't believe I ever said that, no. In fact, I don't believe I've
ever heard anyone *else* say that, either. So if you've heard such a
rumor, dish. :-)
>
