--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If he hasn't, seems to me if he takes over > he's not going to be a guru-figure but rather > the Lord High Administrator carrying out MMY's > plans for the movement. My guess is that the > guru-figure will be King Tony; he and Bevan > will uphold the teaching component. > > Remember also that the regional layer of TMO > leaders have all taken and passed the loyalty > test. IMHO, this was arranged by MMY specifically > to ensure minimal upheaval and conflict after he > dies. Assuming it's clear that whatever shakes > out was in accordance with MMY's wishes, they'll > all go along with it; and they'll be, in effect, > mini-gurus for their local areas. > > What I'm getting at is that it isn't going to be > the old movement with a new leader who takes MMY's > place; rather, it'll be a new movement whose > mission is to perpetuate what MMY had already > established. The leaders will carry on for him > rather than replacing him. > I agree with judy's points above, but think it's naive to think too much of the movement being some kind of teaching organization - there's precious little teaching of techniques going on. It's primarily a fund raising and real estate development concern now. Who functions as chief guru won't matter as much as who controls the accounts, and king tony and bevan are not the main accounts' controllers. Whether the tmo can still pull in tens of millions a year w/o MMY is another question.
ps - don't know if it's still on the web, but a few years ago I did a search on Girish and among the sites that come up was an online business he had in india called Maharishi Autos, or something very similar, that sold used cars over the net. To me he looks more natural as a used car salesman than a guru!
