--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ 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. > > > > > > > Support of nature? Was the conference meant for the potential > participants, or to give the > > organizers something to do? > > > > > There, this shows how easy any action can be rationalized. > > JohnY
Or diverted back to TM-speak, something nice, safe, meaningless and sure to stop any further thought on the matter. *When doubt arises, stop thinking* would seem to be the fundamentlist lunatic's answer to whenever might go against whatever the current version of the supposed purity of the teaching might be. 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/
