I.e. Mahesh was given the full name Maharishi Mahesh > > > Yogi when his > > > peers/tradition over fifty years ago cognized him to > > > be (1) a yogi as > > > well as (2) a great seer.
His own account is that the press gave him that title when they described him for his library lectures as "a great Mahariahi from the North". I think we can all agree that when the press gives you a title you have the right to claim it as your name right? --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a silly and pointless exercise in futiity. Mahesh's secrecy > policy is the modus operandi that drove the early Movement. The > rather mundane fact that his mother named him Mahesh probably has > some significance in all this, but who actually cares. What kind > of "maharishi" or, for that matter, "yogi" charges $3000 for > spiritual initiation? What kind of spiritual "leader" appears to be > dovoted to his "master" but puts his own name on everything? > > Seems for such an egomaniac as Mahesh, just being referred to as > Mahesh is totally appropriate. Since nobody I know of refers to FLW > as "frankie" but mainly as Wright, I don't see the point of the > argument. > > We only have Mahesh's word for it that his so called "peers" gave him > the title of "maharishi". > > So it's just a lot of time-wasting silliness, isn't it. The real > question is what's the wee shite of a weasel doing with people's > money? Where's the actual evidence (not manipulated and > dubious "scientific studies") that Maheshism does anything other than > part fools and their money? > > > --- In [email protected], "nablus108" <nablus108@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- peterklutz <peterklutz@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In the ongoing battle at wikipedia certain editors > > > > have taken to the > > > > practice of referring to MMY as simply Mahesh. > > > > > > > > Aside the fact that the only name MMY has been known > > > > by for the last > > > > fifty or so years is MMY, I was under the impression > > > > that he has > > > > actually been given this name in keeping with the > > > > tradition he comes > > > > from. > > > > > > > > I.e. Mahesh was given the full name Maharishi Mahesh > > > > Yogi when his > > > > peers/tradition over fifty years ago cognized him to > > > > be (1) a yogi as > > > > well as (2) a great seer. > > > > > > > > Anyone? > > > > > > > > > Regardless of anything, if a man is called, let's say, > > > Frank Loyd Wright and has been called this for the > > > last 50 years, why in the world would anyone say his > > > name is "Frankie" just because they don't like him? > > > Can't the Wikipedia people see through this? > > > > Who is behind this Wikipedia - americans ? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
