In support of Rick's information below: Back in 1977, I also heard about about the phone call to Charlie Donahue from Joe Clark. A fellow TM teacher who was very close to Charlie, Joe and the other Boston/Cambridge initiators from 1970 on told me about this one evening when we were quietly sharing our doubts about some of the things happening in the TMO and about MMY's behavior. He wondered, with great grief and guilt, if perhaps MMY had arranged for the crash knowing that if Joe talked to Charlie about the sexual advances and relationships, then a huge scandal would ensue. My understanding was that "June" had told Joe about MMY's activities and both were trying to deal with this information and wanted to talk with Charlie in person before making any decisions. At any rate the bottom line was the June had some really, really upsetting information to share and they wanted to talk with Charlie in person.
What is also interesting is that this teacher of TM who told me of this, soon went on to Purusha for a while. I think he needed to feel reconnected to MMY and try to banish his ambivalence. I believe he is no longer involved in the TMO at all. I am not sure if Charlie DOnahue himself would confirm these events. I imagine that Mark Lerner was also aware of all this, if in fact it happened. I have always believed it did. My fellow teacher's story and his details were all right on, and he was there in the Cambridge group. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > Hi Judith, > > > > I just read your book in one evening. You did an excellent job, and I > thought the wisdom you expressed in the final chapters wrapped things up > beautifully and elevated the whole story to a higher plane. > > > > Regarding the plane crash in which "June" was killed, there was a 4th person > in the plane - Ron Michlov - a dedicated young man who was close with Joe > Clark. Before the crash, Joe had called his best friend Charlie Donahue and > told him that he had something really "heavy" to tell him, but that he > wanted to tell him in person when they met at his parents' house on Cape Cod > later that month. He died before that meeting. Joe and Charlie were greatly > respected by all the initiators, and the whole movement might have unraveled > had they met. I don't know whether Maharishi consciously orchestrated the > crash, but I sometimes wonder whether "nature" sacrificed those people > (perhaps in a pre-arranged agreement as you mention is taught in the Seth > books) in order for Maharishi's mission to continue. At that point the Merv > Griffin wave hadn't hit, and the movement was still in an ascending > trajectory. > > > > I think that many people will find your book liberating if they are mature > enough to imbibe its lessons. It will help them learn to think more > independently. If enough people in the movement read it and yet stay in the > movement, it may help the entire movement to grow up, shed the nonsense that > Maharishi introduced to it as he went increasingly off-course in his later > years, and experience a resurgence that may yet bring much benefit to the > world. As it is, it must be hard to introduce TM to schools, prisons, etc., > when a brief internet search unearths the cult-like goings on of the "inner" > movement. > > > > Tomorrow the public library here in Fairfield will get a copy. > > > > Thanks again for your courage and honesty, > > > > Regards, > > > > Rick >
