--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], taskcentered <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > No problem, I won't analyze your language. > > > > I have to say, though that it's hard to think of the Maharishi as > egoless when he has named everything from food supplements to > universities after himself. To me it seems every aspect of the TM Org > is a testament to the man's world-class, narcissistic ego. > > A much more likely explanation is that using > his name and picture is a branding strategy. > But that wouldn't reflect quite as badly on > him, so of course you wouldn't mention it. > As to branding, he could have followed the practice of other Indian teachers and named everything after his teacher, Guru Dev. Also, I could point out that he began his incessant naming of everything "Maharishi" after the TM fad of the 1970s had largely passed. With the exception of MIU, the brand name he promoted up until that point was Transcendental Meditation itself. If anything he diluted his branding when he switched to naming things after himself.
The guy's just not egoless. It appears, rather, that you are making excuses for him. John M. Knapp, LMSW http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ http://trancenet.net/ [A] bad guru can be extremely good for a sincere devoteeĀ . It's the main reason so many bad gurus do good business. They are merely idols upon which sincere devotees project their own divinity, with sometimes seemingly miraculous results. --Jody R, Guruphiliac.blogspot.com
