Fine post. Thanks. ** --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 8/4/06 7:35 PM, Robert Gimbel at babajii_99@ wrote: > > > > > > And, besides, what is the motive in this; > > > What is the motive for Maharishi to be involved with anything > > > negative towards Guru Dev? > > > What would be the motivation for Maharishi go get involved with any > > > woman, in a secret way? > > > Both of these things seem so out of character to me; > > > I just write them off as complete and total nonesense. > > > > > As did I for decades. In fact, I still write the murder thing off as > total > > nonsense. I only have ³evidence² (the testimony of two of the women > and the > > accounts of numerous secretaries) for the sex thing. > > > > Here's what I think happened with the murder thing...and I'll explain > it with an anecdote from my own family. > > When my father had his stroke and then about 10 days later died, I > related the whole episode to a friend of mine. When my Dad got sick > it co-incidentally co-incided with a visit to him from out of the blue > by my brother. Now, my Dad loved my brother as he did all his > children but my brother is a bit of a disheveled hippy type who has a > corresponding "anti-establishment" attitude, shall we say. Suffice it > to say that his presence often made my Dad feel slightly off-kilter > and perhaps his blood pressure would be up a bit when my brother was > around him. And my friend was familiar with this family dynamic very > well. > > So as I told my friend that my brother's visit co-incided with my > father getting his stroke, my friend's immediate comment was: "Oh, > your brother killed your father!" And, of course, he didn't mean it > exactly...he meant it as a joke...but in that joke was the slightest > kernal of truth. > > Perhaps my brother's presence set off my Dad's stroke -- one that he > was going to have anyway -- by a day or two. Who knows? But my > friend and I had a big laugh over the whole thing because as > rediculous as it sounded, there was 1% of 1% of 1% of a kernal of > truth in it. > > Same with the Guru Dev story. As it has been related here, apparently > when Guru Dev got sick, there were two schools of thought as to how to > treat him: keep him where he was or move him. MMY was of the school > of thought to move him, this plan of action won over, and then Guru > Dev died. > > I can only assume that there were dozens of devotees who loved and > cared for Guru Dev and that they all, including MMY, had his best > interests at heart. And the decision how to treat him must have been > taken very gravely and seriously by all concerned. So when the > decision of YOUR camp doesn't prevail then I can imagine that in such > an emotionally-charged atmosphere, anger and frustration is > experienced by those whose way was not chosen. > > And then to throw into the mix the fact that Guru Dev died, well, of > course, all sorts of accusations get thrown about: so, in a sense -- > just like with my brother -- MMY was responsible for Guru Dev's death > because, after all, it was his decision to move him and there must be > a correlation between moving him and him dying. It is human nature to > try and get a logical explanation why horrible things happen...and the > death of one's beloved guru is a horrible but yet irrational occurance. > > Just like there's a correlation between my brother showing up at my > Dad's house on the very night he got his fatal stroke (by the way, my > Dad was 85...and I think Guru Dev was 84). >
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