--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > I have SO missed your writing here, dude. > > Gawd help me for saying it, but sometimes I think that > this environment -- twisted though it may be -- brings > something of the poet out in you.
True dat! I just read an article in the Washington Post about how much comics love to work a Washington crowd. You can't ask for better material. The movement is the gift that keeps on giving! Thanks for reading my nonsense and for the props. Great picture! That pretty much sums it up in one glorious graphic. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > That is the funny thing. After the Beatles left India they > > gave the most powerful PR broadcast for this message possible. > > The world of popular culture hung on their every word as they > > described how they had discovered that Maharishi was a > > fraudulent monk. I was just a kid and I knew about it. > > Who did not? > > But at the same time, who -- already sucked into the TM > corporation -- disregarded the message as if it never > existed? As you suggest, that is the more interesting issue. > > > But the movement went through a Lady Gaga-like transformation > > from spiritual practice centered on the personality of > > Maharishi, to a sciency sounding pseudo medical practice > > focused on the scientific charts. It was brilliant > > re-branding very consciously orchestrated by Maharishi. > > Very interesting insights, man. Maharishi as Madonna, > able to keep him/herself in the limelight only by constantly > re-branding him/herself. I must think on this further. > > > It gave rise to the two teachings, one for the public and > > one for insiders. The one for the public spread far and > > wide (Mary Tyler Moore is meditating, woweee!) and the > > internal teaching became increasingly esoteric (better > > round up those trouser trout boys if you want to get to > > the promise land.) > > On a related front, isn't it interesting that some of the > biggest TMO cheerleaders were never insiders? They never > even became TM teachers. They never had to deal with the > Trouser Trout problem because they were never considered > important enough by the TMO to even *tell* about the > Trouser Trout problem. As a result, they have the option > of believing that the things they never heard about never > existed. Me, I kinda suspect that the reason they believe > that these things never existed is that *they* didn't exist > enough in the eyes of the TMO to ever be told about them. > > > Those divisions exist today in the PR brochure version of > > what TM is about, delivered in Reaganesque affability (Ah > > shucks fellas TM isn't much more than 15 minutes of set'n > > a spell and let'n your mind and body settle down like dust > > after a rain storm.) > > Hilarious. George W. Bush as TM teacher. :-) > > > But the inconvenient existence of the made-for-reality-TV > > Rajas has irrevocably broken down the separateness of these > > points of view. It gives any interested party a golden > > highway to how the inner circle views itself. (When ARE > > they going to break out the noise makers at those Raja > > gatherings, and why don't they hire a Wiggles impersonator > > band for this 5-year-old's birthday party? > > Me, I'd like to see the Raja ceremony in which King > and Mrs. Tony announce that they have found a new nanny > for their younguns -- Sheryl Crow. She's a TMer, so it's > gotta be OK, right. No need to listen to the lyrics of > her songs. :-) > > > Sorry I'm on a roll here... and why can't the women join > > the fun with princess dress up tiaras and sparkly princess > > nails or ballerina dresses with platform toe shoes that > > make them all look like they are walking around on point? > > Sorry I got a little carried away there but I perform for > > a lot of kids and the dress-up fantasies seem remarkably > > similar. I saw a kid last night in a Luke Skywalker outfit > > and it was a dead ringer for a crown-less Raja outfit!) > > As I said, I miss your writing around here. :-) > > > I suspect the nuthouse scene behind the curtain will be > > revealed in the documentary, "David Wants to Fly." > > > > http://www.rickross.com/reference/tm/tm185.html > > I suspect the same thing. One of the reasons I've "gone > all proactive" over Judith's book is in anticipation of > a major release of "David Wants To Fly." That IMO is > going to make any "shoot the messenger" shit thrown at > Judith look the size of flea turds. > > > I don't think the movement has got anything to worry > > about with outside detractors. > > They've got enough to worry about dealing with their > inside supporters. :-) > > > Attacks on the credibility of groups like TM just make > > the faithful rally together stronger against the common > > enemy. > > Absolutely. That is the Cult Way. > > > That is what makes it so tough for women in Judith's > > situation to come out if they are still invested in > > the group. > > "The group" would burn them at the stake in an instant. > That is the nature of friendships in cults. > > > It is the inner rot of people who have dumbed down the > > extravagant claims of the TM of their youth, blossoming > > into fairly ordinary problems and concerns of middle > > and older age. > > > > Reality has a way of intruding on fantasy like that. > > But I enjoyed my run on they yellow brick road. > > How about you? >
