--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > That is interesting that this version is back again on the internet. The > > > clip of this in DWtF evidently was edited in a way snipping out of the > > > film the movement's top leadership over to the right on stage seated at > > > the table. Was probably some intense negotiation over the fair-use of > > > this in the DWtF film at all. > > > > > > > I remember seeing this video originally and also empathizing with Bevan's > > agitation before he up and splits. What a silly mess this TB'er in his > > robe and cap made for all. Lynch rose and acquitted himself and it took a > > game courage for Hagelin to sit it out. But Sweet Jeeesus holy cow. > > This part of the scene being edited out was something I noticed and did not > > like in the documenting part of DWtF. It was a moment in our story. > > " It's the kind of thing you expect to see on South Park but not in real > life. " > > Chuckling on the above line quote. Literally, Out LOUD Laughter! > I swear the more things like this happen, the more sane I feel about how I > view my own situation and someone pinch me, if I start acting weirder. PLEASE! > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://vimeo.com/4201441 > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Jackson, > > > > > The "David Wants to Fly" film passed around town some when the film > > > > > first came out. It was bootleg initially and got handed around > > > > > between friends and acquaintances. Eventually it was a little more > > > > > widely available through a cable company web-site to view on > > > > > computer. > > > > > > > > > > But now I do still frequently run in to people here who have not seen > > > > > it. People who have not seen it always ask in conversation right > > > > > away, "Can you believe it?". Most here have probably heard about it. > > > > > I run in to folks in the community who want nothing to do with the > > > > > movement after seeing it, "Would never give another dime to them". > > > > > Others were not surprised by it and sort of knew already from being > > > > > around the movement what was in it and have dealt with it as they > > > > > would on their own terms. Of the folks left here meditating still > > > > > even after all the years they are figured where they were at with > > > > > meditating in their lives and in the community anyway. We're all > > > > > pretty good at dealing with dissonance if we've stuck with meditating > > > > > in the movement this long. > > > > > > > > > > Yet still there are folks who have not seen it. I ran in to an old > > > > > Purusha friend a little while ago who had not seen it and has found > > > > > himself somewhat forlorned since Maharishi died anyway. He asked > > > > > about DwtF from his side. He was going to go look at the cable link. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "David Wants to Fly" must be pretty dis-spiriting for real Maharishi > > > > > true-believers if they've seen it and at this point they seem to be > > > > > just looking to other things that were good about their experience > > > > > and Maharishi and adulate that. Certainly that is what the > > > > > leadership is doing. > > > > > > > > > > Another friend who is an old community meditator here with a kid > > > > > still at MSAE had not seen it and called recently checking to see if > > > > > we had a copy to look at. I was kind of floored that he had not seen > > > > > it yet. But then, People are busy with their lives here as they are. > > > > > People certainly talk about it (DWtF) amongst themselves; we're > > > > > also a very social people as a meditating community. The copy we > > > > > have seems to go out and circulate regularly. There are a lot of > > > > > copies around town too but just not everyone has one. I don't think > > > > > it can be bought yet in town. > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure mjackson reads my posts; someone might want to > > > > > > call this one to his attention: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" <mjackson74@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Something Buck posted made me curious - I would be interested > > > > > > > to hear what any of you have to say about the response you have > > > > > > > seen people have to the film David Wants to Fly. Its been so > > > > > > > long since I was in Fairfield, I didn't know how such a film > > > > > > > went over. So anyone willing to say what you have observed as a > > > > > > > response to the film, I would appreciate it. > > > > > > > > > > > > We've had oodles and oodles of discussion about the film, > > > > > > and quite a bit specifically about the reaction in > > > > > > Fairfield. > > > > > > > > > > > > You might find the thread that begins with this post of > > > > > > interest: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/271545 > > > > > > > > > > > > There was lots more in subsequent threads. You'll want to > > > > > > read this post: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272758 > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately the videos of the Q&A session with Bob Roth > > > > > > seem no longer to be available. > > > > > > > > > > > > But the post above links to this long article, which > > > > > > includes a detailed summary of the Q&A with Roth: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.conscioustimesonline.com/2011/03/bob-roth-discusses-david-wants-to-fly/ > > > > > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/9hsoux9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Great links for researching. Thanks also for the wiki-leaks link. I had forgotten those were there. Those wiki notes were TM in the years of the 00's. The WikiLeaks site: http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:United_States http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Series/Transcendental_Meditation_July_2009 As a means of keeping some of the things straight I like the older time-line under this FFL post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/321464 That was a kind of project that Maharishi would pour over the detail with. It is fun to read the triumphal language of it. -Buck in the Dome
