On Jun 27, 2011, at 3:09 PM, maskedzebra wrote: > I am, however, going to ask you to slow down on the tour preparations. That's > a pretty big move for this willed introvert (once exuberant performer).
Never mind the tour, mz~~could you just do another helicopter drop? That was one of the coolest sights I've ever seen on the MUM campus. That was real, man. It's definitely high time for a repeat. > But if you can guarantee the cash up front, I might consider it. Now you're talking like a true TMer! Forget mantras, we *know* what's important, right? > But in the meantime let me do a Novena on it, and then pay for a Yagya to be > down by the sages in India. I'll put in a fast and some silence while I'm at > it. And, I promise you, DO MY PROGRAM. Aren't you forgetting the tarot cards and salt over the shoulder? > I've getting a little nervous that well before the week is out, I will find > myself approaching twelve o'clock (50 posts), and therefore will leave many > of my dear readers frustrated—and imperilled by their ignorance. mz, that is thoughtful of you to consider your many devoted readers here~~but, as the song says, if you post out early, well...WE WILL SURVIVE. > (Yes, you are right: this means I WILL continue to post. Whew. > Reason? It's that CurtisDeltaBlues fella—if he weren't on this blog I never > even would have begun to post—let alone be persuaded to stay with it for a > while longer. I like that guy, even though I only know him from his posts—and > his music via video.) Curtis is the real deal. > But, who knows why? you have decided to put the welcome mat out for me, and > believe me, I appreciate it. I can keep my stiletto in my pocket (only used > for defensive purposes of course) when writing to you. No tricky > stick-handling—or hard body-checks. > > Yeah, that Maharishi guy, he was SOMETHING ELSE. No one yet has defined him > in terms of how he appears in eternity (you know, at the level of the actual: > where things get DONE in creation)—like what kind of greeting he got when he > went through his dying. No doubt about it, the shrewdest, most hardball, > brilliant (in more than an intellectual sense), slyly egotistical, beautiful, > seductive human being for two thousand years. Yes, MMY and Jesus~~sooner or later their names will almost certainly become interchangeable. > And more stage presence than anyone other than Jesus. But for all this, not a > good man, I think. Not, then, loved by God (wherever he is, whatever he's > doing). But so far, it seems, my life has pretty much been all about him—and > then getting the hate on for him. The best proof of God it seems to me (in > this era at least: since we were born) is the very fact of the existence of > someone like Maharishi, for, like no one else could—or ever did since > Christ—he made you feel: "This is It!"—he gave me (and you I must believe)—at > least in the beginning—the best version of what could be the TRUTH—measured > by EXPERIENCE—that was possible. Once he went down (sort of disgracing > himself at the end: becoming slightly mad and touched) then there was no one. > All of us former initiators are living in the negative or ambivalent (or for > some, positive) legacy of Maharishi. We can't help it. It sets us apart from > the rest of humanity. A different form I guess of the mark of the beast. To > try on another metaphor. > > About that Turq guy, i am sure he'll put me on my guard soon enough, but > given your tacit warning, I think he must be doing a rope-a-dope, because but > so far at least, I don't get the feeling he is about to surprise me with a > fast uppercut. No blows landed so far. But, based upon your implicit > estimation of him, I'll be watching for the knock-out punch. Turq is the real deal too~~he always saves his best for when you're not looking for it. Sal ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
