--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > >> > >> Last night a friend told me that a wealthy couple (not either pair of > >> Kaplans) living in or near the ³Spiritual Capital² in N. Carolina > >> > > donated $2 > > > >> or 3 Million and later began to wonder what might have happened to > >> > > it, so > > > >> they went to India to investigate. After 6 months over there, they > >> > > came back > > > >> convinced that the Indian TMO was a mafia-like organization and that > >> meddling with it could cost you your life. They have since distanced > >> themselves from the movement. > > > At one time I would've thought this was extreme and just an > exaggeration or sour grapes, but after spending two years talking to > one of M's old secretaries and someone who helped set up a lot of the > older programs, the stuff he told is just scary, creepy and weird. > Now I wouldn't trust this guy as far as I could throw him. >
Heh. Seems par for the course for old school spiritual traditions in India. Recall that one yogi killed Tat Walle Baba allegedly because he was jealous of all the tourists. There's another story of Swami Swaroopanada's disciples attempting to take Gurudev's residence and ashram away from Swami Shantatanda by force and being met with Swami Shatatanda's disciples who beat them off with sticks. Dare I mention the almost-riot between the Moslem and Hindu followers of Rabindranath Tagor, and the genuine riots between HIndus and Moslems over the the birthplace of Rama? Oh, and the all the conflicts between various Hindu religious groups in general? Ever heard of the Thugee? Their violence was religiously-sanctioned and promoted. Hindus talk a great line for non-violence, but they're quite "exciteable," I've noticed. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
