--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I gotta say he doesn't even look creepy to me. Just looks > like > > > some > > > > > dude looking at the camera. If someone had posted his > picture > > > sans > > > > the > > > > > picture of Maharishi in it, claiming to be a picture of a > > poster > > > here > > > > > on FFL, no one would've thought twice about it. Its just > > > projection. > > > > > > > >> > > > > If I was in the room with them and could assess the situation > and > > > talk with Girish, maybe I'd agree. I just don't know what it > felt > > > like to be there. Pictures can be so decieving. Maybe I'd talk > to > > > Girish and he'd say, 'oh that (referring to the two pictures), > > yeah, > > > someone put those up. I don't really notice them', and we'd move > > on, > > > or maybe he'd say, 'yes, I am the new Maharishi', and then tell > me > > > to empty his wastebasket, and I'd think 'what an asshole...'. So > > > really hard to say what is going on there from just a picture. I > > > sometimes get energy from pictures, but in this case, nada. > > > > I've seen this fellow in India. He's got this great gift from > > Maharishi; the enormous opportunity to become a businessman. And > why > > shouldn't he ? To be born into the family of a Saint certainly is > a > > boon from the Gods. > > Those who object to the money and all that are the same people who > > would sacrifice their lives for capitalism, highly devoted to the > > dollars. > > I find this american moralism and doublestandard nauseating. > > Yep, "worldly money good, holy money bad". What's up with that? > There's a great excerpt that bob brigante posted recently from Guru > Dev where he talks about the uselessness of the unmanifest aspect of > God. So to say that spiritual pursuits or the workings of Saints > should be constrained because any attempts by the holy to amass > money is "bad" is a strange perspective to say the least. >
Attempts to amass money is not "bad". Taking money from well-meaning donators under the auspices of a non- profit organisation and then using it for your own personal gains IS "bad". And it's not holy either. If many of the posters on this forum are to be believed, that is precisely what is happening with both Girish and his family. Is it true? I don't know. I've never seen formally audited financial statements of the Movement's goings-on in India in order to confirm whether it's true. Hey, I hope these nay-sayers are wrong...and it would be great to be proven wrong. But I ask: Do such audited documents exist? If so, what do they say? Do they contradict the charges against Girish et. al. that have been made here? One thing that is NOT acceptable to me: leaders and figureheads of non-profit organisations that solicit and accept donor money who appoint blood relatives to positions of administration and control over such monies. Appointed relatives in position of power and control over money plus absense of audited financial statements does not a pretty picture make. It doesn't necessarily mean that fraud and misuse of funds is occuring in this instance. But the fact that relatives are running the show makes the need for independent oversight all the much more vital. Do you not agree?
