Actually, for what it's worth, I heartily second Vaj's recommendation to read "Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay." It's warm, loving, heartfelt and authentic, and if processed with loving attention, could go a long way toward healing some of the dysfunction and denial which has been in the TMO from the beginning.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "danfriedman2002" <danfriedman2002@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the advise on my reading list. Currently I'm reading "Culture and > Consciousness", published by Associated University Press London in 2002. > > Briefly, the thesis is : art and literature are said to have suggestive power > to shift awareness from the qualia or content of the mind toward a state of > nonconceptuality, which constitutes the ontological ground of true > intersubjectivity (the process of relating to the other. 0 > Succently: "People are different, but nonseparate." > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Vaj: > > > Dan, have you seen the Maharishi-centered documentary > > > David Wants to Fly or read Robes of Silk, Feet of > > > Clay? The latter is on sale. Maybe these would help > > > understand more clearly? > > > > > Dan, don't waste any time or money on anything these > > two, Joe and Vaj, are trying to sell you! They are > > ripoffs - not worth your time or money. They've been > > doing this for years - selling nonsense words for money. > > > > Joe got me to buy Judith's book for $37.50 and it sucks > > big time. The book contains only 219 pages and a few > > lousy, blurred photos. There is nothing in this book that > > tells us anything about the Maharishi's private sex life. > > > > From what I've read, Judith used to sneak into the Mahesh > > Yogi's bedroom late at night when Jemima Pittman was > > asleep next door and Nanakishore was napping in the > > living room. Apparently Judith crawled in the back window. > > > > When she got inside the bedroom she would kneel down on > > her knees and light a candle and incense in front of a > > photo of SBS and then give the Mahesh Yogi a back rub, > > while the yogi was asleep on the floor on his antelope > > skin. Go figure. > > > > Maybe Judith was reading the Kama Sutra - I don't know, > > but it sounds like it to me. > > > > Fact is you can't buy condoms in Rishikesh so you can > > not have normal sex activities (like having the guy on > > top, thrusting). And I doubt Judith took a big supply of > > rubbers with her to India! > > > > If she did not, then I'd have to say she really did > > some 'family' planning! Maybe she was hoping to give > > birth to a little Srivastava, so she could take over the > > TM Movement. Sounds like it to me. > > > > But the Mahesh Yogi was to smart for that - no way would > > he have unprotected sexual intercourse with a big gal > > like that without a bathroom and without some hot running > > water! I guess Judith brought with her a box of Kleenex > > or at least a spare, blue sari. > > > > Go figure. > > >