From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:41 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?' He says in this transcript that he doesn't meditate, but that he knows about it because friends do it, but I got a call from a friend this morning, who read this thread, who said he meditated with Rush just recently.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > He's an old TM Practitioner. That's who he is. Don't know if he's still practicing, but he has been known to speak highly of it. > the following is from Limbaugh's own website (replete with MIU logo): http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_051608/content/01125114.guest.ht ml Does the Maha Rushie Meditate? May 16, 2008 Listen To It! <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/rush4/images/LISTENicon6.gif> WMP <http://stream.rushlimbaugh.com/cgi-bin/members.cgi?stream=clips/08/05/05160 8_9_meditation.wma&site=rushlimb> | RealPlayer <http://stream.rushlimbaugh.com/cgi-bin/members.cgi?stream=clips/08/05/05160 8_9_meditation.rm&site=rushlimb> <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/rush4/images/24_7ICON.gif> <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/Rush247.guest.html> Audio clips available for Rush 24/7 members only -- Join Now! BEGIN TRANSCRIPT <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/spc.gif> RUSH: Anyway, who's next on this program? Linda in Jackson, Mississippi. Hello. CALLER: Hello? RUSH: Hello. CALLER: Hello, Mr. Limbaugh. RUSH: Hi Linda, how are you? <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_051608/content/01125114.Par.893 80.ImageFile.jpg> CALLER: I'm just wonderful. Thank you so much -- RUSH: You're welcome. CALLER: -- for educating me in the ways of politics. RUSH: Thank you. CALLER: And thank you so much for taking my call. RUSH: You're welcome. CALLER: I had a very simple little question I've thought of for probably ten years, maybe not that long. I wanted to ask you, and then I told Mr. Snerdley I had one simple question, I decided maybe I should make it as a statement, therefore being a perfectly honest, wonderful human being you are, you would not be forced to have to answer. So I've concluded over listening to a few statements that you've made over the years that you must practice TM. And you don't have to answer me if you don't want to, because you are such a wonderful, gracious gentleman, one of the things -- RUSH: Well, now, wait a second, but you are curious. I understand the structure that you have created here, making your statement in observation form, thereby not requiring me to provide an answer, but you still are curious. <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/spc.gif> CALLER: I'm still what? RUSH: You're not curious? CALLER: I am curious. RUSH: You are curious, yes. CALLER: But I didn't want to put you on the spot because -- RUSH: Well, you're not putting me on the spot. CALLER: Well, it's a question that may ostracize you a little bit because it's looked upon as kind of, you know, something strange to practice, Transcendental Meditation. RUSH: Cosmic consciousness? There's nothing strange about -- CALLER: It's not, maybe not more so where you're from than where I'm from. It is not as strange as -- RUSH: How many times a day do you meditate? CALLER: Twice a day for thirty years. RUSH: Are you on the road to cosmic consciousness? CALLER: I would like to think so, yes, sir. RUSH: Because that's the objective of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. CALLER: Yes, sir, and I think you're very much there, too, because you keep bumping into me in my lucid dreams. RUSH: A-ha. That helps a lot. So when you are meditating, which is another way to lucid dream -- CALLER: No, no, lucid dream is when you're asleep. RUSH: Oh, you're talking about when you're sleeping. CALLER: Yes, meditating. <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_051608/content/01125114.Par.458 4.ImageFile.jpg> RUSH: Linda? Linda, I've heard that line before. I mean, when I was younger, I used to use that line all the time. You know I had a dream about you? CALLER: No, it's not that kind of dream. A lucid dream is when you observe your dreams. RUSH: Yeah, but I mean I'm still in 'em. CALLER: Yeah. It's not a pickup line. I'm not trying to pick you up. RUSH: Well, I didn't think you were. CALLER: Although, you did make a comment once a couple years ago, my husband and I heard you talking about being at a party and that you wished you could meet some real people. We volunteer. We're real people. We would love to meet you. RUSH: Oh, that's awfully sweet. You've got a great memory. I do not practice Transcendental Meditation. I know people who have, and that's why I know the terminology. CALLER: Good. Okay. RUSH: And I know about the mantras. CALLER: Uh-huh. RUSH: I have talked about Maharishi University, which is in Iowa. CALLER: Yes, sir. RUSH: And I did say, you know, you got a basketball team there, and I said the official cheer is "block that vibe," rather than -- CALLER: Yes, sir. Well, I thought you must have some familiarity with it, or maybe being in such a high state of consciousness as you are in, maybe that was one of the tools you used. RUSH: Wish it were. I wish I could tell you it was, but it's not. Even though I'm familiar with it, as I say, I've known some people who have done it, but they don't do it any longer. Anyway, Linda, you're so sweet. I'm glad you called. <http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/spc.gif> END TRANSCRIPT
