--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > Yes, MMY is a great saint who has brought a great > teaching to the > > world. But I suppose even a great saint can be > delusional and > > irrationally paranoid which is what MMY very well > may be if he > > thinks the TMO has been spied upon and infiltrated > by the CIA. > > The notion that the TMO was spied upon and > infiltrated by the CIA doesn't strike me as > all that unlikely, as I suggested in another > post. It's just that if that were the case, > it would have been for very different reasons > than MMY imagined--either because the CIA > thought MMY was teaching some paranormal > technique that could be useful militarily, or > because they thought the *TMO* was a front > for spying or for communist activity of some > kind. > > The CIA itself was pretty nutty and paranoid > at the height of the Cold War. > > But that the CIA was intent on *persecuting* > MMY and the TMO is a ludicrous idea. I agree with Judy, here. Probably the initial interest from the CIA was two fold: a very large and popular international organization and the possibility of some supernatural abilities that could be exploited. I think the CIA quickly discovered that the TMO was the "gang that couldn't shoot straight" and that the siddhis did not bring about anything that could be utilized. > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
