--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > R G Barjee > Your question was whether John Lennon might have been right after > all, when he suggested that he had been made a fool of. > It is a good question and on reflection it deserves a proper answer, > although it's interesting that the topic is now about whether or not > the bungalow was grand (by local standards it most certainly was) or > whether there was a helipad there.
I recall now that there was a helipad there. MMY used to buzz the ashram and when people complained, he replied that he had learned that he could still think while flying in a helicopter (hint, hint). > > In The Beatles' 'Sexy Sadie' & John Lennon's 'The Maharishi Song' I > Lennon definitel appears to have been unstressing, as Vaj rightly > points out, and he was looking for targets to vent his rage against > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who he obviously felt had overstretched himself > in teaching about a state of cosmic consciousness, yet was unable to > understand why John Lennon no longer wished to remain on his ashram. > > But yes, to an extent I agree with his line, although I prefer the > one taken by Ringo some years later where he said he felt Maharishi > told them stories. But surely it is beyong dispute that MMY took > everyone for a ride, on the magic carpets of their individual > imaginations which he fed with anything that came into to his head, > about getting so much bliss, money, success, cosmic consciousness, > siddhi powers, levitating maybe..... As though these aren't traditional yogic beliefs, but something that MMY made up? > > I think history will rate him as a 'false prophet', though to his > credit he did get people thinking about the topic of meditation. But > I reckon his teaching placed way too much emphasis on the repetition > of the mantras, the names of gods. > ??? So you think that TM involves the repitition of mantras/names of gods? > When I was learned to meditate, I was taught that it is > about 'diving' and 'letting go' and savouring the inner silence of no- > thoughts, and I learned that from my TM teachers, in 'Maharshi's > kutir', near the helipad, Maharishi Ashram, via Rishikesh, U P, India. > Jai Guru Deva. > > Of course, none of these guys learned anything from MMY, who was too busy spinning stories, eh? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
