--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote: Seek after the Humbold video tapes. I so much enjoyed them. They > were perhaps his best ever. . . . > And don't listen to the damned Buddhists here.
Shad, Yeah, get those 1971 Humboldt tapes -- find the tape that shows Maharishi telling some guy "I'd rather disband the movement than have initiators who look like you." The guy had a beard and had gotten to the microphone and made a seriously good case that bearded initiators would command respect. There were 1500 folks there...half of them hippies. When Maharishi rebuked the guy -- get this -- the crowd hissed and booed Maharishi. Maharishi then said, "Time for lunch." You know, he chickened out -- something Turq does when the heat in the kitchen is too much. Yet, now we have the rajas with full beards. When I got back from TTC, Bill Whitherspoon told me I had to shave my mustache or he wouldn't allow me to teach in the Detroit area. Years later I had my chance to smack him around for it when we both lived in FF, but I, by that time, saw Bill as this guy without a life and pitied him. He was pretending to be joe-honcho in the TM business community. I wonder if he's still plowing up the desert to make artforms. Anyhoo, he was one of the "little tyrants" the movement gave a bit of power to, and he wasn't the worst TMO abuser by a long shot, but I guess I owe him a thank you note for being part of the long process of building disaffection and clarity in me. Thanks Bill for the abuse! Anyone know if Bill is still toeing the TMO company line? Edg
