--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see the two as related. What does the first say about > the man's mindset? How much of what he appeared to be > was just an appearance? How did the culture of secrecy > that he had to adopt - including the banishment of those > who knew the secret and the promotion of goons who would > keep it - hamper the movement's ability to fulfill its goals?
I see much of self discovery as "mind-modeling," the students picking up on and sharing the mindset of the teacher. If Rick is correct about the traits he mentions above, the question would seem to be do we find these same traits -- a tendency towards secrecy and hiding the truth of situations, a tendency to banish those who rock the boat or question the need for secrecy, and the establishment of a heavy-handed bureaucracy to enforce the secrecy and maintain the illusions -- a great deal among Maharishi's students, and in the TM movement itself?
