--- In [email protected], taskcentered <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], taskcentered <no_reply@> > > 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? > > > > Jim, > > I know God. God is a friend of mine. Jim, Maharishi is no God. > > [Apologies to Lloyd Bentsen] > > John M. Knapp, LMSW > http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ > http://trancenet.net/ > Good, though the question was about ego, not whether or not Maharishi is or isn't God. My take on it is that Maharishi is or isn't God to the degree that I can perceive God or not.
