Hi G, I think you are on to something with his contempt for his own followers. Have you seen the comparison of the narcissistic personality disorder and Indian Gurus, mostly focused on Rajaneesh? It was in Free Inquiry in the late 80's. The author applied the DSM III standards to a few gurus and it really explained a lot for me. How they operate so far outside the normal constraints of reciprocal society and can exploit people because they have contempt for them.
Did you ever see the Purusha play that he made up where he had the Purusha dressed up like club kid transvestites? That was really off the charts! He had them dressed like the Indian actors you describe acting out the Ramayana and Mahabharata that I catch on the Indian cable channel occasionally. Your point about the money is well taken. Since he moved into real estate as the main wealth producer it became important to have a core of followers who would do anything for him as his properties appreciated. So pushing them to accept Bob Lapinto, stock broker as DC Raja is part of the testing the limits game. He hasn't found any limits yet has he? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Sigh. The ME is used to explain why MMY isn't trying to get massive > > numbers of > > people to > > learn TM, and the Raja thing certainly turns people off and MMY knows > > this. > > > > I find it amazing how people will twist reality to fit their need to > > find flaws. > > > > He isn't even accomplishing the ME numbers is he? > > Hi, Curtis -- I doubt Mahesh cares what he is doing. He wanted massive > numbers initiated because he got half the take. Which was the point of > creating massive numbers of initiators in from 71-73. He doesn't need > the money any more. The ME crap is just his joke on all those who are > witless enough to take him seriously. He's famously known for making > fun of the people who worship him. > > The Raja thing just has to be a joke. Yesterday I caught an Indian > traditional movie with Rajas and such wearing gold crowns and tramping > about with bows and arrows. Hillarious, but sort of unwatchable. -- > Mahesh's Rajas, like King Tony is just a joke: see what I can do! See > how I can make you accept anything I do! > > I suspect he thinks of the faithful as "you bastards". > > There is, really, an ME effect, of course: sore butts, arthritic hips, > back problems, flat affect, willingness to accept the ridiculous and > even pay money for it, and so one. > > Dear God, forgive my little joke on Thee > And I will forgive Thy great big one on me. > > And Robert Frost didn't even know Mahesh! > 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/
