In the midst of all the news about the Trump tariffs (which apparently stem from Trump’s not understanding what trade deficit means and why it may exist), rest your weary head here traveler and read about something fun instead:
Swami Nithyananda … claimed miracle powers, like helping the blind see through a “third eye” or delaying the sunrise by 40 minutes.
“I am a totality of unknown in your life. I’m the manifest of un-manifest,” he said in one sermon. “The moment you sit in front of me, enlightenment starts.”
During a conversation in front of a large crowd, he endorsed the idea of “the world’s first inter-life reincarnation trust management.” Rich people like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett could invest a few billion dollars in a trust; Nithyananda said he possessed the knowledge system to ensure they got the money when they were reborn.
That would be important, Nithyananda’s interlocutor said, “because it is possible Bill Gates will be born very poor, Warren Buffett may be born in some African village as a very poor guy.”
Inter-life reincarnation trust management! Definitely not a product offered by BlackRock. It does not sound like they actually got a meeting with Warren Buffett to pitch this, but surely someone would bite. Anyway the story is about how he and his “self-proclaimed United States of Kailasa” have gotten in trouble for other alleged deceptions, but this one I like.
Source: The New York Times: The Hindu Nation Was Fake. But Its Land Grab in Bolivia Was Real., seen from Money Stuff: The Tariffs Have Some Math (section “Good pitch”).