--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 2/4/06 9:32 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > ONLY if you buy the definition of enlightenment that > > Maharishi peddles. That's my point. His definition > > is that the enlightened can do no wrong. > > There have been people in FF who have claimed to be enlightened > or intuitively gifted and have set themselves up as financial > advisors, losing large sums of money for their naïve clients.
It's inevitable. They're just taking advantage of people who have been pre-brainwashed and "shrunk to fit" a mind- state that allows anyone claiming enlightenment to get away with anything they want to. > > He has *allowed* people in his organization to believe > > that he is enlightened for 40 years now. He has also > > defined enlightenment as being unable to do wrong. > > Therefore, he has carefully *allowed* everyone to > > believe that he can do no wrong. If he had *not* > > intended to convey this impression, he could have > > stated outright that he was not enlightened, or that > > he makes mistakes; neither has happened. > > I've heard him admit mistakes a few times. Once was in > Switzerland in front of the entire International Staff. > I got up and asked him why he told us to go to bed early > and then kept us all up so late. He said he was wrong to do > that, and we all got on an early to bed routine for several > months after that. Also, Jennifer said that Maharishi told > her the death of the boy on the beach in Mallorca was karmic > retribution for the mistakes he was making > (presumably with her). The former sounds like a way to butter people up. The latter sounds like Megalonmania 101. If you're a megalomaniac, you find a way to make *everything* about you. That's what he was doing; he wasn't really owning up to making any mistakes. ------------------------ 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/
