on 5/21/06 9:39 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> But there's an
>> explicit doctrine in the TMO that "our role is to teach people to
>> transcend, and that's the highest dharma. It's others' job to feed,
>> cloth, house, them, etc." From that perspective, your money gets
>> the most leverage if is donated to the TMO, and not to charitable
>> organizations.
>
> And if that makes sense to you, then give your money
> and time to the TMO, by all means.
>
> But as I said, nothing is *stopping* the individual
> TMer from working for or donating to a non-TMO
> charity.
>
> What you go on to say is a different issue, or set
> of issues.  It doesn't address your initial demand
> that the TMO's charitable works be cited in
> comparison to Amma's, or Shemp's response that the
> two organizations have different goals.
>
> If you want to ask how well Amma's group has fulfilled
> its stated goal versus how well the TMO has fulfilled
> its stated goal, that's a reasonable question.
>
> Demanding that the TMO match Amma's charitable works
> or be considered a failure, in contrast, makes no
> sense at all.

Points well taken. Perhaps what I'm trying to say is that if Maharishi had
put greater emphasis on compassion and caring for people it would have
helped the evolution of the individuals in the movement, as well as helping
the whole organization fulfill its goals. As it is, the movement is now
perceived by many as being all about money.




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