--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 30, 2006, at 10:34 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:37 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> > >> > >>> on 6/29/06 8:19 PM, off_world_beings at > >>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> You got nothing. You are just looking for attention, but will > >>>> > > find > > > >>>> something to make up that is totally unsubstantiated and > >>>> uncorroborated by the majority of the people who were there. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> That's true, because the majority who were there weren't in the > >>> inner circle. But those in the inner circle soon learned that > >>> > > MMY's > > > >>> private and public personae were quite different. This > >>> > > discovery > > > >>> caused the majority of MMY's personal secretaries to leave the > >>> movement. __ > >>> > >> > >> > >> Thanks for mentioning this, I think this important point is not > >> mentioned enough. As word leaked out about his duplicity it > >> > > helped > > > >> many make the decision to split. Once you knew the public side > >> > > was > > > >> essentially a front, a facade and M. a poseur, you realize it's > >> > > just > > > >> a business. That's one of the reasons many believe the words > >> attributed to Guru Dev when he said 'go to the mountains to > >> > > meditate, > > > >> you'll never be good at anything other than making money.' (huge > >> paraphrase). > >> > >> "Mahesh has been interested in power, in the accumulation of > >> > > money, > > > >> and in women. Why does he live in a big house, own helicopters, > >> airplanes, etc? Why does he spend most of his time involved in > >> business planning about making money? It is because he is a > >> businessman who has the desires that other wealthy businessmen > >> > > have. > > > >> His spiritual front is his scam and the way he gets people to > >> > > give > > > >> him their time and money." --Earl Kaplan > >> > >> > > > > Could be, and I don't post to support or reject your position. The > > one major element that seems inconsistent in all of this talk about > > Maharishi being a sham and a scam and a poseur, is, if this is all > > true, why does Bramananda Saraswati [Guru Dev] continue to make > > himself available, through Maharishi's teaching? > > > > Since He does, both through the puja, and also direct experience, it > > would seem that He is tacitly supporting Maharishi. Or at the very > > least blessing the knowledge Maharishi is spreading. > > IIRC it was Earl who actually went to India and spoke to old students > of Guru Dev's who were still living. They said that Mahesh had stolen > GD's ruby Sri Yantra and had found out how to activate the elemental/ > material bhupur--the outermost chakra of the yantra for material gain > and worldly power. > > Of course in order to use that power for material gain, it would be > best to have *physical* object, like a yantra to use. > > That's one theory. :-) (It'd also make a great Indiana Jones sequel!). >
It *would* make a great sequel-- But it doesn't address my question...I wasn't speaking about Maharishi's material wealth, more Guru Dev's support of Maharishi's knowledge, and the ability to directly contact Him (Guru Dev) through as a result of that knowledge. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/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/
