--- In [email protected], taskcentered <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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
There's nothing wrong with ego. Look at God- He and She named the entire creation after themselves- "God's Creation", "God's Will Be Done", "The Grace Of God", "God Bless You". How's that for an ego trip?
