--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: > > > > And for a perspective on Maharishi that I find unimpeachable > > I recommend Robert McCutcheon's "Afterword and Witness > > Testimonial" in Judy Bourque's *Robes of Silk Feet of Clay* > > (pp. 213-219). Quite definitive, I think. > > I've not read it, although Gary has spoken to her (years ago) and > read the book. I'll ask him to bring it when I see him September. > > Another interesting POV on Maharishi is Cynthia Hume's "Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi: Beyond the TM Technique", although it does perpetuate > a number of common falsehoods, it also puts to rest a few others. > Her upcoming collaboration with Dana Sawyer should be very > interesting.
It's fascinating, Vaj, but I really feel such a distance from Maharishi in every possible way -- emotionally, spir- itually, and intellectually -- that I can't work up enough interest to read anything by him these days, let alone about him. He just holds no interest for me whatsoever. His followers, and what became of them...that I still find interesting. That's why I still skim FFL and post here. But Maharishi himself...there is simply no connection to him left in me. To read some account of him would be like reading about a fictional character. Of course, one could easily say that such an account *is* about a fictional character, given how much of his rep he invented and spun himself. :-) But when it comes to reading fiction, I have higher standards for characterization than I'm likely to find in the character of Maharishi, no matter who tells the tale.
