Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Premanand wrote: > >> Has anyone seen a preview of this movie by David Sieveking yet? >> It was shown last weekend, and reviewed in Variety:- >> http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942181.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 >> I notice Judith Bourque is listed as appearing, I wonder what she had >> to say? > > > I wonder if it will air in FF or Skelm? Looks like it may be a tad too > honest for the TM crowd, claiming to out Mahesh's avaricious ways, his > multiple affairs and he's even blasted by the Good Shank of the North > (and fellow Guru Dev ghost worshipper). Hopefully they'll have boxes > of tissues and a cadre of exit counsellors waiting in the wings. > > > Back in Germany, Sieveking signs up for TM lessons. On the first day, > he's required to bring some unusual items -- plus a check for E2,380. > > While covering the Maharashi's funeral in India and a subsequent > convening of his successors (the "Maharajah" and "Rajas") in the > Netherlands, Sieveking witnesses a battle for power within the TM > empire. He also spotlights some of the organization's questionable > plans for world peace (for which they raise millions of dollars) > including the fascist-sounding Invincible German and Bramasthan, where > 10,000 pandits are supposed to be chanting 24/7. > > However, it's when he begins talking to renegade former TMers who > spill the beans about the Maharashi's multiple affairs and the way he > bled followers for cash (e.g., raja training is available for $1 > million), that emails start to fly and lawsuits are threatened. > > Pic's best moments include visits to the much-vaunted Bramasthan, > which turns out to be a ghost town, and to Swami Swaroopanand, > successor to Guru Dev, in a village near Tibet. The swami tells > Sieveking that the Maharashi, from a trader caste, was merely Dev's > bookkeeper and has no right to give mantras or teach meditation. > Besides, he notes, "Gurus don't sell their knowledge, they share it."
I'm surprised that David Lynch has stayed with TM this long. If he thinks Hollywood has "too many rules" then maybe he ought to look at the TM movement. One would think he would wake up to the scam. I'm sure many film cohorts have mentioned other meditation courses far less expensive and not scams.
