--- In [email protected], Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Twelve Disciples of Maharishi Maheshi Yogi' > > Like Jesus, Maharishi has had many followers, > Who have tried to spread his message of love and enlighenment > and bliss. > I was wondering who has been the most successful at this: > Who will be remembered in the history books, > Who had the most influence from his teachings... > > Some who come to mind: > > John Lennon > George Harrison > Merv Griffin > John Haglen > Bevan Morris > Jerry Jarvis > Charlie Lutes > Clint Eastwood > Keith Wallace > Sri Sri Ravi Shankar > Mia Farrow
Horseshit. How about a list of the 10 or 12 TM teachers who worked their butts off in the field and initiated hundreds and in a few cases thousands of individuals in the TM technique, while MMY sat on his butt surrounded by celebrities? The only person on your list who I know from personal actually *did* anything to spread meditation on a daily, ten-to-fourteen-hour- a-day basis was Jerry Jarvis. To be honest, I'm sure Bevan works at least a four-hour day. The rest of the time is spent eating, from all appearances. SSRS I know nothing about; he might actually work hard as well. Hagelin might put in the occasional two-hour workday for his cushy salary. Charlie was a part-timer who, AFAIK, never taught anyone to meditate. And the rest? They were just famous, that's all. Maharishi used their names to market his product, that's all. There are people on this forum who have done more to spread Maharishi's "message of love and enlightenment and bliss" than anyone you mentioned. And what thanks did they get from the person they worked as shills for? Most of them were declared persona non grata when they wouldn't pay through the nose to be "recertified" at something they'd actually been working at decades after most of the people you mention either stopped meditating or stopped allowing their names to be used to sell it. Sounds to me, Robert, as if your priorities are the same as Maharishi's. What "counts" in the world of spirituality and determines one's "disciple-worthiness" is either how famous you are or how much money you can give him or what you can do to help him to sell his products. Hard work and actually helping people by teaching them how to meditate? That's rewarded by throwing the people who do it out with the trash.
