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?
