Yes, the Raja part of TM is such a small circle in TM and of the larger TM community but people do wonder if they are going to keep doing it. When you talk to meditators in the community there is a general disheartenment that those guys wear that stuff representing the movement and the meditating community here. Generally you ask people here if they are meditators and the meditators respond saying, “yes, but not that.. .”, pointing in the general direction of campus and Vedic City. -Buck
mjackson74 writes: that's interesting that some would have the reaction. I mean, didn't they know the rajas wore such outfits Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: !Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is Coming to Fairfield! Afterwords, out in the Dome entry area and on the sidewalks to the parking areas as the meeting closed and people left: a big WTF reaction was, that they actually came wearing the gold foil hats and robes and stuff. I can't say that Alex's brother or some of those others following after Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam also in full regalia did not necessarily look or seem particularly ethereal in the cult outfit. Though that might have just been the bad light on them. It did sort of look and feel like The Return of the King set for The Lord of the Rings. It was just a little narcissistic. However, Hagelin and our other movement dignitaries seated on stage facing the crowd were dressed secular in suits and such. Generally was dignity and was all more corporate than cult. Lots of good people with high-mindedness and well-intentioned. Deserves only a watching and of course transparency to see. It was a good meeting of the remaining meditating community. -Buck in the Dome mjackson74 asks: What did he say about the relationship of the US movement to Girish? No, he was not asked about that so did not get to that. Uptown that readily gets asked by meditators but it was not asked last night for him to comment on. Nobody spoke about that. That as a larger community question Is still unresolved, as in not spoken to. -Buck sharelong60: Nablusoss, here in the states some FFers hie off in winter to a place in Florida called Vero Beach. Probably not as nice as Nice (-: Anyway, yes the meeting was good, though it went a little too late for my preference. imo Dr. Nader embodies a loving heart and brilliant mind and down to earth practicality. I think Maharishi chose wisely when he chose him. mjackson74 asks: What did he say about the relationship of the US movement to Girish? MJ, No, he was not asked about that so did not get to that. Uptown that readily gets asked by meditators but it was not asked last night for him to comment on. Nobody spoke about that. That as a larger community question Is still unresolved, as in not spoken to. -Buck nablusoss1008 writes: Very nice report Buck, thanks for posting. I'll soon have a community meeting myself in Nice where I'm contemplating buying a house. Seems there are quite a few meditators down there in the sun :-) The Meeting. Was a Nice meditating community meeting. Non-meditators and townies would not have understood a lot of it. Though nothing was said that they could not have heard. It had some meditation news, some theoretical type of knowledge related to consciousness and meditation, some celebration, John Hagelin was a fun and witty MC, Bevan called in with some nice comments. We all got to sing the TM happy birthday song at a point in the end to our university's vice president. It was all nice. Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, CEO of all of TM, acquitted himself very well. Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam and some of our TM Raja arrived in full regalia, in the hats and outfits having been driven to the Dome in their stretch limo. Context.After Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam was introduced briefly he spoke fondly of the Domes in Fairfield and their purpose. After that he turned to the open microphones for questions to answer. A usual sequence of touched community characters jumped to the mics. Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam did a really fine job of handling that. Journalistically, earlier in the day in town asking and surveying around of what questions people would like to have asked of Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, in rapid-fire people easily asked about the lack of transparency and financial statements, our relationship with Girish Varma, the Pundits, the Domes. Other than the fact that none of these questions or concerns of substance got much of a chance to be asked it was a good meditator meeting. He said he'll be back,Jai Guru Dev,-Buck [ This meeting tonite is incredibly extremely really important for all of Transcendental Meditation.Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, CEO of all of TM, will speak to the meditating community. Meeting with the Fairfield Meditating Community In the Golden Dome this Thursday evening, April 17, starting at 8:00 p.m. .
