--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > <no_reply@> > > 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.
I think you've got something there. Sadly, the current TMO and the people involved in it are, by necessity, guru-followers (if they weren't they would have, by necessity of logic and rationality, left long ago). Without the guru figure in MMY, they will seek another out and I don't think a Nader Raam with a crown on his head and his weight in gold or a Bevan or a John makes it in that category for thoe type of folks. Throw in MMY's "we are satisfied" declaration and you've got, after his death, the making of a Route 66 right to SSRS's camp. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > 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/
