--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- 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.
Yup. Or it may have been a complete fantasy on MMY's part from the get-go. ------------------------ 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/
