This was all very well planned out ahead of time by Maharishi.
Horseshit - he gave them their "rank" to make money of off them and flatter their egos. A lot is riding on them. Then God help the Movement! ________________________________ From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Relating to the TM Raja Dear Dear FFL; Maharishi did not designate a 'Guru' to follow him; however, the Raja are like the equivalent of executive vice presidents in our modern day corporate order. And, like executive vice-presidents in any large corporations or like Lieutenant-Generals in large armies or revolutionary movements, some simply are more effective than others; there are Rajas and there are Rajas. Some are there because they are effective executives of the corporate mission and some are there because of their money and their willing essential capital support that they can altruistically give to the execution of the mission of the corporation. This was all very well planned out ahead of time by Maharishi. Get over it. It was well prepared for. They were given the authority and responsibility for the TM movement the way it is today. They certainly are learning as they go along what they in fact have inherited from Maharishi. You will notice that they rarely wear their outfits in public now. They are learning. I wish them all well and great success. A lot is riding on them. Jai Guru Dev, -Buck in the Dome alexander_stanley@...> wrote : When the whole raja thing came about, people came up to me on more than one occasion and asked what it was like to be the brother of a raja. My reply was that it's exactly like not being the brother of a raja, except now people come up to me and ask what it's like to be the brother of a raja. I was tempted to have a t-shirt printed with, "My brother became a raja, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." I am sure you have taken some indirect, and perhaps direct, flak about this Raja business. And because I like you (even though I don't really know you) I always am aware that when I make a comment about Rajas that your brother is one and it makes me feel just a teeny bit guilty. However, the Raja concept is one I have a hard time wrapping my proverbial head around because: A) Their wardrobe is preposterous B) There don't appear to be any female Rajas (maybe they declined the option, seeing as the wardrobe is not good). C) The idea of this hierarchical monarchy business just seems so strange and elitist and transparent since it's based on monetary contributions. D) I'm jealous and really want to wear a white robe emblazoned with gold embroidery. awoelflebater@...> wrote : mjackson74@...> wrote : Has your bro ever let you try on the crown and does it appear to be made of tin or gold? See, this is why I love you MJ. ________________________________ From: "j_alexander_stanley@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 7:30 PMSubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Relating to spiritual teachers (was Re: 8/12&13/14-Maharishi...) When the whole raja thing came about, people came up to me on more than one occasion and asked what it was like to be the brother of a raja. My reply was that it's exactly like not being the brother of a raja, except now people come up to me and ask what it's like to be the brother of a raja. I was tempted to have a t-shirt printed with, "My brother became a raja, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : How you know? Have you bitten one to check and see if its gold?Gold or tin, they'll both bend between a set of teeth. The higher the gold content, the softer it is.I'm thinking these guys actually wanted to be Pope but had to settle for Raja instead. ________________________________ From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 5:37 PMSubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Relating to spiritual teachers (was Re: 8/12&13/14-Maharishi...) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : You know good and well those are solid gold - the rajas wouldn't be caught dead in a tin hat.Trust me, they're tin. ________________________________ From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:08 AMSubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Relating to spiritual teachers (was Re: 8/12&13/14-Maharishi...) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : From: "anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> I sat in on a movement meeting once, and the person speaking was giving out instructions on how to behave around the movement rajas... I can only hope that the instructions contained a segment on how to keep from breaking out into uncontrollable laughter when you see them truckin' along to the sound of bagpipe music, wearing their robes and crowns. For once I agree with you, it is about as phony and silly as it gets. And they all look so serious, as if those cheap tin crowns are indicative anything other than bad headgear.