--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samuel Gravina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So I have to ask.....what is the backround of King Tony? When was he > > initiated in TM? > > > When did he take teacher training? Siddhis? Do you know of anyone who > > >hung out with > > > him before he was, um, "crowned"? Was he a normal dude? > > > I knew Tony when he was in Cambridge in the early 80's. He was a TM > Governor and a regular dude. He was very smart, very nice and > dedicated to TM just like we all were . He sat on the airplane with > my wife when they went to the Amsterdam course (I couldn't go because > I was more into grad school than I was into seeing Maharishi, plus we > couldn't afford two plane tickets). My wife was cute and he was cute > and I'm sure that had something to do with why they ended up sitting > next to each other. He loved Lebanon and really liked skiing he said > the skiiing in Lebanon was great. My wife and Tony planned a ski trip > for the three of us but it never came about. > > I also knew John Hagelen back then. He too was a very regular guy. > He had that aristocratic accent back then but he didn't talk like a > vocabulary quiz. I once asked him why he talked so fancy for the > movement and he said that that was what Maharishi liked to hear. > > My take on Tony and John is that they are both very bright guys who > also will do anything for Maharishi. It would be impossible for me to > think they are brain washed. They were so together and their > personalities were very well developed. It is also very hard for me > to think they believe all the stuff they are saying. Or maybe they > think it's true on "some level". > > Nobody knows what is really in the heart of anybody. I don't know > what's in my heart. > > Sam > Thanks Sam, this is the kid of stuff I am looking for. Curtis, 'cmon man, YOU are the guy to write the music for the soundtrack. I'm thinking kind of a Ry Cooderish Paris Texas kind of thing.
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