--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
And if the Dalai Lama had been as quick
to abandon his principles as Maharishi has been over the
> years, I'm sure that he (the Dalai Lama) would not be the
> laughingstock he is considered worldwide, whereas Maharishi
> is universally revered and respected.
>
Good satire Turq. Good thot full comparison.
I have been out traveling from FF to spiritual places out West and
recently out East, and it is informative to hear people in reaction
to Maharishi when you go other places.
Very aware of his money grubbing TMorg aquisitive ways of the last
couple of decades. But that MMY dropped off the radar screen
generally and had become inconsequential. Past tense.
Most people do not know much of anything about FF or TM, mostly
blank. But folks who do,they do want to know 'what is going on ??'
in FF. Mostly appalled by what they know. But some intriqued by the
pundit thing w/ lots of Associated Press articles in the last weeks
provisioned by the TMorg pr-department.
In travel I also visited with some folks from South Carolina who
started an open silent group meditation this last year for folks
generally, regardless of meditation. They have found it to be very
powerful and well appreciated and attended. Their comment is that of
the folks generally who have been longterm practitioners of spiritual
practice meditation, often it is the old tm-er's who kept at it.
Lesser some buddhists.
Folk's usual distillation is, MMY gave people a lot with TM but went
corrupt somewhere. Oh well, so it is out in the world.
-Doug in FF
