--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: snip > > > > Plus, I think that everyone senses that this > > may be the last of them. Maharishi isn't going > > to live forever, and when he goes, I have not > > seen any indication that *anyone* else within the > > TM movement could inspire more than a handful > > of people to come to a course. They could plead > > and cry and beg and claim that the world is going > > to end if people don't come, and everyone would > > ignore them, because they just don't have the > > chops to pull that sort of thing off. Not one > > of them. As I've said in another context recently, > > not one of them has done anything to *deserve* > > such faith or to inspire the necessary suspension > > of disbelief. And not one of them is likely to > > in any of our lifetimes. > > > > As I read your post, two personalities came to mind: > > 1) Muktananda. Replaced by his "dual" chosen > successors -- a > brother and sister -- there was almost immediately a > huge fight > between the two of them, with the sister winning > out. That, along > with the fact that neither of them possessed the > charisma of > Muktananda, meant that their organisation is today > but a glimmer of > what it was during Muktananda's hayday. Of course > there's also > the "sexual revelation" factor as well: that is, the > revelations > about sex that came up in a big way after his death > also contributed > to the loss of popularity of their movement. > > So this is an interesting model for what may befall > the TMO after > MMY dies: we on this forum know that sexual > revelations will be > coming out,just as they did with Muktananda. The > difference is that > Muktananda allegedly had relations with young girls > and MMY's > alleged dalliances were with fully formed females > (i.e. 18 years > plus). > > But the other similar factor is the "charisma > factor". As you point > out, who on the horizon has the same degree of > charisma? As I've mentioned before, I think TM people will "join" SSRS in droves after MMY drops the body. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/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/
