--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <geezerfr...@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Wayback! Excellent review and it mirrors many of my own feelings after
> reading it.
>
> I liked the little bit Judith wrote about MMY using different colored pens
> when writing to himself about different aspects of the knowledge. She wrote
> that he must have done it just for the fun of it since he wouldn't have
> thought anyone was going to see the notes.
>
I recall seeing Maharishi use the different colored pens - I think he began
this when taping SCI, which was about May of 1972, in Fiuggi.
> A book on the TMO and money? Hell yes, but you wonder how safe anyone would
> be from the MMY family mafia if anyone dared to do it.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote:
> >
> > I liked it for many reasons - and now I feel somehow closer to Maharishi.
> > Judith is smart and honest and presents a balanced account, and was
> > obviously in love with MMY. For those who are wondering whether to read it,
> > I can tell you that Judith's account is dignified - no sleaze or
> > unnecessary information. Just an honest, simple accounting. There is
> > positive stuff about MMY, too - kind of a full picture, rather than a
> > one-dimensional guru person. Rob McCutcheon's statement at the end is
> > excellent and so clear and moving.
> >
> > Judith's story matches exactly the things I heard back in the 70's,
> > including the information about "June." I had a brief interaction with
> > "June" on Mallorca and instantly liked her. Back in the 70's a friend of a
> > friend heard these rumors, and he decided to spend as long as it took to
> > find out if they were true. He had done TTC in Mallorca, too. He just did
> > not want to go on wondering and feeling ambivalent. He took about a year,
> > and I suspect he called Judith and I know he went to visit a woman in the
> > Seattle or Portland, Oregon area to talk with her ("Belinda"). He talked
> > with those in the inner circle on those courses as well. At the end - after
> > interviewing several people in person (he flew to see them) as well as by
> > phone, he had no doubts that several women had been involved with MMY, and
> > he dropped from the TMO. But he would not tell the details of what he had
> > learned - he had promised confidentiality.
> >
> > For me, it was a relief to hear Judith tell her story instead of just
> > hearing rumors and second and third hand accounts all these years. I
> > already believed them to be true, so the book did not shock me. But it
> > brought back memories and -what is really amazing is that it made me regain
> > some of the love and respect I used to feel so intensely for Maharishi -
> > he was a Master but also a human who made some big mistakes, felt guilty,
> > and did not know how to be open about them. The way Judith frames the
> > whole thing just shows that he too had his weaknesses as well as the
> > devotion to Knowledge and the profound impact he has had on so many of our
> > lives. Judith does a too-brief but good job in talking about what
> > Enlightenment might or might not look like - and as has been done here on
> > FFL - proposes that personalities may not be much influenced by the state
> > of Enlightenment. As we have discussed here, Enlightenment might be a way
> > of perceiving Reality, but not a makeover of one's personality. I finished
> > it and felt as if the air had been cleared.
> >
> > What I am still curious about is what it felt like to be around MMY as much
> > as she was. Did she feel intense darshan, have bliss or unboundedness as a
> > result, did it change her spiritual life while in his presence? These she
> > did not go in to.
> >
> > Now, I would be curious to know if someone will be doing a book on the
> > money in the TMO.
> >
>
