Is it possible for us to have a voice of reason amidst all this disputing? Paul Mason has created a wonderful website. One may not agree with him, but certainly he knows a lot. M. has always stuck me as a certain kind of creative genius. SCI is a masterpiece. But of course I understand he had quite a bit of help with that what was the name of that Michigan State education professor who along with Denise Denniston put it together? Point 1: Being a sexually chaste, unmarried male is a requirement to work in the ashram. If SBS was who we think he was, he would have kicked M. out. But instead Ms responsibilities only apparently grew. M. was a workaholic, just maybe? Point 2: There are many assistants to C.E.O.s who are, simply put, indispensable. Those people always joke about who really runs things. They have lots of influence. In corporate America they even get paid decently. But for one reason or another socio-economics or (in the past) gender theyre in the wrong caste to formally join the elite. Point 3: Ive said this before but without Paul there would be no Christianity and by implication no western civilization as we know it today. But once in person I heard the leading authority on Paul, Victor Paul Furnish* say that he wouldnt want to live next door to Saint Paul. Maybe Maharishi is like that a world-historical messenger chosen by the gods in spite (and/or because) of his utterly silly nature. Point 4: Do Ms methods work? After thirty-something years of practice (and this includes long stretches where I havent meditated), I must say it all works great for me. And I do think the ME is a powerful thing. But who really knows! *Victor Paul Furnish is University Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and co-editor of Abingdon New Testament Commentaries.
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