--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/14/06 11:02 AM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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. > > > > So the purpose of the Raja thing is to turn people off? I don't get > > your point. As far as twisting reality to find flaws, come on man. > > The Raja thing stand on its own without any twisting. It is pompous > > and ridiculous. > > > The raja thing turns most people off. There is, of course, a hard core who > are inspired by it. Who feel that MMY is reestablishing the foundation of a > Vedic Monarchy, the ideal form of government. Who think the rajas are > enlightened. Who Namaste them reverentially. Who pay a local bagpipe player > $50 to play while John Konhaus walks from his stretch white limo into the > Raj (with no one other than John and the driver to hear him). These people > feel that they are the fortunate ones and that everyone else in the world is > too unenlightened or karmically unfortunate to get it. >
This is no doubt part of the intended effect also. However, I suspect that most, if not all, of the Rajas see it as a test of their own dedication first, and a revival of ancient Vedic tradition second. 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/
