Ha-Ha- wonder if that encouraged or discouraged them??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
>
> I remember back in the day, during the Merv wave, a lot
> of initiations were taking place. One Saturday evening,
> after the last person was initiated and left to meditate, those who were
> involved...teachers, helpers, etc., decided to go out to dinner.
> Unfortunately they forgot about the last initiate. A few hours later
> when we returned to the center we noticed a pair of
> shoes outside the door of the initiation room. When we opened the
> door the initiate was still meditating. The only thing we would
> say was "Was it easy."?
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote:
> >
> > Two of the jokes on standard TM speak I enjoyed the most:
> >
> > Instead of saying, "Jai Guru Dev" at the conclusion of group meditation,
> > saying, "Jai Edgar Hoover".
> >
> > Also, back when MUM was called MIU, I enjoyed calling it the "Maharishi
> > International House Of Pancakes", or MI-HOP.:-)
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > turquoiseb:
> > > > What are the funniest stories from your
> > > > days in the TMO?
> > > >
> > > Well, the funniest 'TMO Puja' story' for me
> > > actually happened on the a.m.t Google Group.
> > >
> > > Everyone knows that the TM puja ingredients
> > > consist of water, sandalwood powder, camphor,
> > > fruit, flowers, and a white hankie.
> > >
> > > Not paraffin candles or punk incense!
> > >
> > > But, did you know that 'DHMO' used in the TM
> > > Puja can kill you - it's highly toxic!!!!
> > >
> > > LoL!
> > >
> > > "I've done hundreds of TM Pujas. The only
> > > 'ingredients' used are water, incense, fruit,
> > > flowers, a candle, a white handkerchief and
> > > camphor.
> > >
> > > I've never heard of DHMO. Perhaps you could
> > > clarify what the hell you are talking about,
> > > eh?
> > >
> > > BTW, I went to the website you provided. The
> > > stuff seems to be toxic. So is nuclear waste.
> > > But how do you connect DMHO with the TM Puja?"
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: DHMO update
> > > Author: John Manning
> > > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
> > > Date: March 16, 2004
> > > http://tinyurl.com/3b2l3k9
> > >
> > > "It's pure, unadulterated, 100% sandalwood
> > > powder, babe. If you weren't too much of an
> > > alarmist hoping to suck attention to ask, you
> > > might actually find *out* rather than guess.
> > > :-)"
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: DHMO update
> > > Author: Uncle Tantra
> > > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
> > > Date: March 17, 2004
> > > http://tinyurl.com/3b2l3k9
> > >
> >
>
