That was the most intelligent response in this entire thread. Thank you Wayback. --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > The $87 million was put in the World Peace Endowment Fund acct: > > > > > > http://www.worldpeaceendowment.org/endowment1.html#endowment > > > > > > Note that the principal of this fund is not being touched, only the > > > income, several million a year, is being used to support the numerous > > > pundit facilities in India, including this one near the Brahmastan of > > > India: > > > > > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006.html > > > > Yeah, Bob. Your link didn't say anything about the fund not being > > dipped into. Here's what it says: > > > > >>The Endowment Fund > > for Permanent World Peace > > > > Time urgently demands the establishment of the Endowment Fund for > > Permanent World Peace. > > > > The income from this Fund will be used for one purpose aloneĀthe > > training and maintenance of a permanent force of experts in creating > > World Peace&. These experts create peace not by talking or by bombing, > > but by radiating peace from the level of infinite peace in the > > unbounded ocean of consciousness within every human being. > > > > How to Donate to the Endowment Fund for Permanent World Peace > > Questions Will Be Answered > > > > Maharishi and the scientists of his universities in Europe and USA > > will be available over the next week to answer any questions from > > substantial donors to the Endowment Fund via telephone or video > > conference.> > > > > You call that little blurb a reasonable accounting for 87 large? > > > > And....if you have questions about where the money went, they might be > > answered IF you are a "substantial donor". > > > > Un-fuckingbelievable. > > > > I was told a few years ago by a fulltime, "in the know" person in the TMO that at least half > of the 87 mil was lost in a poor quality investment in a stock market overseas (I think > Europe) that tanked. It was not invested prudently, to say the least. A small portion did go > to expenses in trying to put together a group of pundits for a while. Is this explanation > true? Who knows. > I don't think anyone - even Bobananda - can suggest that the TMO provides any financial > info on investments or the basic whereabouts of donations, let alone a real independent > firm accounting. I think at this point, anyone who gives money recognizes this. You give > the money, it is totally out of your control and you will never know how it is used, period. > The next question is where the money goes. There have been enough independent reports > from people who have taught in India or been around MMY to make a very good case that > some money is going to MMYs family - probably a lot. For now, you just don't know. This > is how it is, period. These are both bad situations. Some people do not care that much > because they just want to give to Maharishi, or get the recognition and closeness to him > (and let's be honest, all organzations seem to work this way, where giving gets you on the > inside. At least with other than TMO orgs you usually know how the money is used, > however). Some people understand this and make "donations" to the TMO that they > themselves control. Like money to pave a few roads at MUM. > Would I donate? No way. Is this situation reason enough to stop doing TM? For me, no. >
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