--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "mainstream20016"
> > > <mainstream20016@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], "mainstream20016"
> > > <mainstream20016@> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>mainstream20016 wrote
> > > > >> Maharishi is incredibly driven, and for that I'm grateful to him.
> > > > >> For without his drive, its unlikely that I'd be alive.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Maharishi is cunning , and gets the better half of nearly
> every deal.
> > > > >> How different are you in your dealings, except that your half is
> > > usually less than.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Maharishi's known far and wide for getting the upper hand
> > > underhandedly. 
> > > > >> A fool will relish the sizzle of the salesman's pitch and pay
> > > heavily, and yet again,
> > > > >> to be dazzled and awed...
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> FFL posters demand such integrity from Maharishi -
> > > > >> and, oh, by the way, who is that on the horizon at the edge of
> > > town ? 
> > > > >> Rushing to embrace anyone who sashays into FF that offers another
> > > hit of the high life,
> > > > >> the rushing never ceases and the parade of lightweights continues
> > > evermore...
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Maharishi has many flaws.  He does so many things. He never gives
> > > up, and has grand
> > > > >> plans.  I am fond of him, and appreciate him more because he has
> > > feet of clay.  
> > > > >> He is paying a heavy price now. 
> > > > 
> > > > >Rick Archer questioned : And what is that? The doldrums of the
> TMO? 
> > > > 
> > > > Mainstream20016 : 
> > > > The reluctance of FF, U.S. & Canadian TM flyers to participate in
> > > the virtuallly free-of-
> > > > charge  'Invincible America'  course during a time of crises is a
> > > real shock to MMY.
> > > 
> > >   Is it? It shouldn't be. Look at all the ill will that has been
> > > generated. 'Fool me once', sayings by P.T. Barnum, and quotes from
> > > Jennifer and 'stupid Americans' come to mind.... Who knows?
> > > 
> > 
> > The widespread useof the internet changes things a bit. Look at the
> Kaplan letter.  Much of 
> > that information has likely been available (which nephews of Gurudev
> did he talk to, BTW, 
> > and how did THEY know what went on?) forever, but it's possible now
> to find all of it 
> > concentrated in one place. 
> > 
> > The saving grace of the TMO has always been the old joke "a cult is
> better organized," but 
> > when anyone can put together an anti-TM web site with every single
> bit of negative (true 
> > or not) info available, it is not easy to counter that without being
> a lot more organized 
> > than any of  us give the TMO credit for being.
> > 
> > The thing is, EVERYONE makes mistakes and EVERYONE lies. And once
> you play fast and 
> > loose with the figures in a documentable way, no matter how trivial,
> it becomes very hard 
> > to beat your chest and say "I'm really honest THIS TIME, honest,"
> not when there is a John 
> > Knapp or Andrew Skolnick waiting to pounce on every detail and
> inflate the inaccuracies as 
> > best he or she can.
> >
> 
> The "Everybody Does it Defense" come on, that's usually among the last
> used.

So you never lie? Is your life so pefect that you could have hordes of TM-Ex 
checking all 
newspaper accounts (or friends and ex-friends since you're just a single 
individual) and 
not come up with ANY dirt on you?






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