--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 24, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > on 12/24/05 9:47 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >> I would be interested in one article in recent years--just one > (or > > >> more if they exist)--of one person outside the TMO mentioning > the > > >> word "generosity" or "compassion" in regards to M. > > > > > > I feel that on the whole, Maharishi was generous and > compassionate > > > with me. I felt great devotion for him, served him tirelessly, > and > > > he rewarded that service on many occasions. For instance, he let > my > > > mother join me on International Staff for 9 months, even though > she > > > had just been released from a mental hospital and wasn't the > kind > > > of person whom he could expect to make a significant > contribution > > > there. Being there with him changed her life profoundly, and > I'll > > > always be grateful to him for that, as well as for the benefits > I > > > derived from his teachings. This doesn't negate the screwy stuff > he > > > has done (literally and figuratively), but I believe that black > and > > > white thinking never mirrors reality, and it's good to > appreciate > > > the good people have done. > > > > Well while that's nice to hear again, as I pointed out before > unless > > you either give your life or give your money, my feeling is this > is > > unlikely to happen for others. I guess you could say if "time is > > money" then there's really little difference. I'm glad you had > that > > experience, but a way of seeing someone as compassionate might be > to > > those who can give the least rather than those who give their all, > > all their time or alot of their money. I would expect these people > to > > be rewarded, wouldn't you? > > > > I know in my own life I pray for those who bow to the rich and the > > slavish, but turn their noses up at the unfortunate or the > > downtrodden. I hope they can evolve and I take up whatever slack I > can. > > > > Irregardless my request for a recent independent remark in the > public > > sphere that mentions M. as compassionate or charitable seems to > have > > drawn a blank. I would have though Bob B. would've been able to > find > > something. > > As you might recall, immediately after 9/11, Mahesh took out ads in 3 > major newspapers basically threatening more of the same unless the US > government gave him a billion $ to save us all. I have the PDF in > case anyone really needs proof that he's lost his marbles. > > Quietly HH the Dalai Lama sent a cheque for $30,000 if I remember > correctly. No fanfare, no attention sought and I don't think it got > public until nearly a year later. For the Tibetan Government in > Exile, $30,000 is a considerable sum. > > Someone, as I mentioned in another post, wrote that the basics of TM > was about release of stress. By that logic, the tsunami last Boxing > Day was stress release ... but on that basis I dare the TMO to tell > us something good is happening! "Oh, dear planet, you're just > unstressing, something good is happening." Obviously, anticipating > some numskull, it was better to release it then rather than wait > until it was twice as bad. But that's stupid. > > If Mahesh is all he makes himself out to be (courtesy of the TBTMO), > then he knew it was coming and, had he been compassionate, generous, > intelligent, considerate, he would have said so and told people to be > up in the mountains that day. > > Mahesh is an opportunistic narcissist. People follow him because they > truly believe they are on the right path, because they truly believe. > Even drug addicts who rest on the TBTMO laurals that they have > experience to prove it's good know better. > > So, I think we can genuinely say that Mahesh has many > accomplishments: nobody in the 20th Century singlehandedly ripped off > more people, got more people to believe empty promises or built an > empire on his own failure. Way to go Mahesh. I hope the special place > you get in hell will be exactly what you deserve. > Reminds me of that story where a person unceasingly criticized a guru until the criticizer gained his enlightenment. Even negative devotion is devotion.
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