--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: [snipp] > My point was that Rajneesh was doing the whole "The CIA has > infiltrated us" schtick in an attempt to cast blame on some unknown > entity in order to avoid taking any blame himself for the failings > of his organisation. That's another reason I find it SO distasteful > that MMY has taken up that same rant: it puts him in the same camp > as any number of disreputable individuals. > > Since 1978 (since, roughly, the public introduction of the flying > technique) the TMO has been on a downward spiral. It had, up to > then, been on an incredible, unprecedented upward surge. Although > MMY is 100% responsible for the upward surge and popularity of TM > until then, he is, equally, 100% responsible for the downward turn. > > Had NOTHING to do with the CIA. It had to do with his own bad > choices (I will gladly list them upon request but you've all heard > my rant on this before). > > Gosh, even if the CIA HAD infiltrated our Movement, what could they > possibly have done to hurt it that MMY didn't do himself?
>From where I sit this is one of the most telling of observations about Mahesh. Thank you. When he ran out of money, he simply invented something. He had gotten the "guru" gig of chumming the waters down so well, he could depend upon the gullible/TBs/faithful/greedy to bite/pay. When the US didn't bite after 9/11, suddenly there was a millionaires' course. Now, there's rumour of one last technique. I suppose, soon, there will be some sort of offering by subscription, sort of like a life-insurance policy ... when you've paid all the premiums, then you can pay the course fee (and you own airfair, of course) and you will get to listen to the special videotape. Mahesh tended to copy the people he put down; but he did it with his own special flair for creativity. Yet, where was his creativity without the people he put down and copied? My first encounter with this was at Estes Park: he had so many revelations from and about the Rig Veda, yet he could not have done this without the dictionaries and gloss from his coterie of translators who told him by night what the Rig Veda said. Then there was his familiarity with Yogananda's various techniques, courtesy of one of our old-time teachers who had been a Yogananda devotee and spent much time telling Mahesh all the secrets. This showed up in the A of E techniques and (from what I have been told) the 6-month courses that expanded on the A of E techniques. Mahesh saw L. Ron Hubbard as a competitor and suddently we began to see, after the International Staff became passé, the 108 and then the MIU/MUM/MERU heirarchies and Purusha and Mother Divine. Mahesh has said in Seelisberg that if he'd had a few good people like L. Ron Hubbard, he would have accomplished his world plan long ago. Always blaming others, the environment, governments, CIA, lack of money. His list was seemingly endless. I appreciate your insight, Shemp. Too bad it's been so long ago and I have have forgotten so many little, telling things. But the big picture is that Mahesh is the worst thing that ever happened to TM. I guess that what he said about Lillian Rosen, the AT lady, applied to anyone who showed competence around him and explains why he had to get rid of them and put utter dolts in their place: "when people give advanced techniques, others might see them as gurus. With Lillian, I know I am taking no chances." Mahesh, the poster boy for narcissism and greed. How sad for TM that something that might have, with a competent leader, turned out to be beneficial instead devolved into an organization that is only a butt to kick. ------------------------ 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/
