It is an open invitation to mood make by offering people the chance to get on a global telecast in front of Maharishi, during the 1st and 2nd rounds, and impress their friends, knowing that no one can ask for any proof of the validity of their experiences.
A lot of people have been claiming to see Krishna during the sidhis. I asked one of them how he knew it was one diety versus another. He could not - just he "knew" it was him. More likely, he knew this would impress some people. --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "douglasportee" > <douglasportee@> wrote: > > > > After the first round there a hand count of how many had Number One > > experiences. Bevan says that Maharishi is pleased with the > >increasing > > percentages at each location, as they report by percentage. Who does > > not want him to be pleased, so up go the hands. > > > > Yes, there is the cult of the culture and there is the culture of the > cult. This is a good example of the culturing of the cult there. > > Not uncommon to run in to folk here who say they do like meditating up > there in the domes but that they do leave there directly before the > talking heads get going after meditating. > > I like listening to the radio broadcasts of the meetings. Have one > radio on 24/7 to the campus radio. The speech-ifying is full of > powerful shaping cult-ivating language and thoughts. > > They work it hard. Beven and John are incredible at working to incite > the loyal tru-believer and hold that crowd there. Is a study in > propaganda manking and they work it hard to pull all the words and > strings. > > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Interestingly, they have not gotten above critical levels for AM/PM > on > > > sustained basis yet. > > >
