--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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. > > I used to live in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a hotbed for > *anything* spiritual or Newagey. So naturally there > was a market for spiritual satire as well. Thus there > was a short article that appeared in one of the papers > there a few years ago that listed "The Most Embarrassing > Spiritual Teachers To Have To Admit You Studied With." > It was pretty hilarious. Suffice it to say that the > author felt it was considerably hipper to have studied > with Rajneesh or Maharaj-Ji than Maharishi. MMY was in > the same grouping as Pat Robertson.
And, last election, more than half the country voted for GW Bush...
