--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maharishi's family and Girish in particular simply don't understand > the dynamics of the appeal of gurus and Eastern spirituality to the > West and, as such, they have and will continue to make major > irreversible mistakes which will blow up in their faces once MMY > dies. And once the dust settles, the revenue for the family > business -- cash from the West -- will simply stop. > It may not matter by then. Drop TM, sell properties, get deeper into the money business. Just like Sears.... And if they really own as much land in India as has been reported, do it all again there later.
> Girish, sensing MMY's advancing age and impending passing, dresses > himself up like MMY and surrounds himself with all the MMY trappings > (e.g., the MMY-like dhoti, the Guru Dev picture behind him, the > beard, etc.) and thinks that this is what appeals to the West. > Unfortunately for him, people in the West see right through it and, > if anything, such phony attempts at show turn people right off. > > It reminds me of the missteps the family of the 13-year-old Guru > Maharaj Ji make back in the '70s. The boy, who was billed as the > reincarnation of God, was, out of the blue, disowned by his own > mother who, it was then announced, appointed another son as the > reincarnation of God. Obviously, some sort of power struggle was > going on behind the scenes. Well, changing which son is God and > which isn't in mid-stream may work in India but in the West the idea > was too much for even the most embedded cultist-sucker. And their > movement ended faster than you could say "Rolls Royce Silver Shadow". > > Girish and family just don't get it. His posturings appear to me as > obvious and blatant attempts at positioning himself as the guru > apparent. They are clueless at what appeals to the West and their > missteps will blow up in their faces. Their alleged treatment of the > pundits is another example. > > Of course, once it does blow up, their Golden Parachute is the many > millions that they've already bilked from the West that is sitting in > the control in India. > > > Are there yagyas for TB? JohnY
