--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff <no_reply@> > wrote: > > That's not the point. The point is...
Another interesting way of viewing the legal machinations of the TM movement in the last year or so (the "recert" thang, the suing of Mike Scozzari, etc.) is, from my warped point of view, in terms of Shakespeare. Shakespeare was an interesting dude. He managed to pick plotlines for his plays that allowed him to ruminate on the qualities of human beings, both base and noble. So is there one of his plays that anyone feels is a parallel to what's going on with Maharishi and the TM movement right now? Might I suggest "King Lear?" Think about it. Lear is *old*. He's dying, and he knows it. So what does he obsess about, and *do* about this inevitability? In his folly and fear of death, he establishes a kind of "contest," and tries to get his three daughters to "prove" how much they love him. Two of them -- the toady twins Goneril and Regan, fall all over themselves to show him how much they love him. After all, they don't want to be cut out of the will and lose their positions of power in the court. The third daughter, who actually *does* love old Lear, and is saddened by seeing him brought low by his own insecurities, refuses to participate in the "prove thy love" contest. As a result, she not only gets diddley- squat in the will, she is banished. Her toady boyfriend, realizing that he ain't gonna inherit anything, dumps Cordelia and joins Lear in dissing her. So do most of the other courtiers. It becomes a real suck-up-to-the- crazy-old-man fest and, of course, a tragedy in the end. Maharishi as Lear, the movie: Goneril and Regan and the Earl of Kent and the rest of the courtly suck-ups played by the Rajas and the recerts, Cordelia played by the independents. Somewhere in there is a great part for a Fool, if anyone wants to audition... :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
