I see that early followers of MMY commonly referred to Maharishi as "His 
Holiness". (At least amongst themselves. Do any FFLifers who actually met 
Maharishi ever remember addressing him in person as "Your Holiness"?)
 

 Now the Queen of England is properly addressed as "Her Majesty"? So is she 
actually *majestic*? I wouldn't know(!) - but anyway it's irrelevant as the 
title is just a convention. But I'm not aware of any convention sanctified by 
tradition that would warrant MMY being entitled to a "Your Holiness" tag.
 

 So the use of such a formula could only be justified if people were otherwise 
convinced that Maharishi was indeed a holy man. Is there any such evidence? 
Accepting (for argument's sake) a positive view of the character of the TMO 
founder we could claim him as original, hard-working, personable, and, yes, 
courageous; not vicious certainly; as occupying an important, pioneering role 
in the spread of Indian meditation techniques to the West. But holy?
 

 Speaking for myself, I would hate to be called "Holy Seraphita". 
 Firstly, I am emphatically *not* particularly virtuous or self-abnegating. 
What am I saying? I'm not virtuous or self-abnegating full-stop. And secondly, 
it's surely proof-positive that someone is not holy if they encourage others to 
call them by that label.
 

 Any thoughts?
  

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