--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/26/06 3:28 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > I really think that in Mahesh's mind, if he could hussle for Guru > >> > Dev, then how hard could it be for a couple of his flunkies to set up > >> > hotels for 600 attending the course he just decided would start in 3 > >> > weeks or 2 months. > > > This worked pretty well for ATRs, etc., because TMers had unstructured lives > and could change directions pretty fast. But the same tactic was applied to > scientific symposiums the movement would set up. Professionals accustomed to > scheduling their lives a year ahead were invited to these things with a few > weeks notice or less. And most were flops. One time a mayor¹s conference was > organized like this in Arosa. All the world¹s mayors were invited. Only the > Mayor of Winnepeg showed up. He had really had to pull some strings to get > approval to come. He freaked when he realized no one else had come. The > first thing he did was ask for a drink. Maharishi saved the day by giving > him tons of attention and somehow, he went away happy. >
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