--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of boo_lives > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting story about Doug Henning > > > > > How do you know he did? What does it mean to have one's soul saved? > Would > > Doug's soul have been lost if he hadn't met MMY? > > don't know about his soul, but mmy ruined Doug's career - it was a > great loss that the world didn't see doug do his incredible > performances for so many years that he wasted on the movt and > vedaland. doug's health certainly wasn't helped either. and his > wife struggles with mental issues since his death. I don't see how > tmers think doug's story is some great victory for MMY. > > Interesting point. I saw a letter several years ago, maybe it was posted > here, written by someone who had been working on the Vedaland project, which > suggested that very point that the project put tremendous pressure on > those involved due to the half-assed way in which it was undertaken, and > that that pressure took a great toll on Doug and others involved.
I remember seeing a Canadian TV news report on Doug and Vedaland and the thing that struck me about the coverage was a clip of Doug sitting beneath a tree with some other TM investment/principal/sucker discussing the draft of the design of the letterhead to be used on Vedaland stationary and Doug saying: "Maharishi is going to love this!" To me, that said it all: no substance, all flash. Maharishi getting caught up in the minute details of something as insignificant and unimportant as how a letterhead or logo looks rather than the actual reality of the project itself. More fun in making the MIU catalog or building the model for the world's tallest building or creating gold- painted broshures of world governments than actually following through on the reality of the project. And then, of course, Maharishi's ADHD would kick in, he'd totally abandon the project of the moment and move on to the next, great, big thing. > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/851 - Release Date: 6/16/2007 > 12:50 PM >
