--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > on 8/4/06 8:14 AM, nablus108 at nablus108@ wrote: > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> > Did Mitterrand claim to be a life celibate, in large part > base his > > > >> > reputation on that claim, and convince hundreds of his > followers > > > > to adopt > > > >> > that lifestyle? > > > > > > > > Has Maharishi rescently claimed to be a life celibate? What's > your > > > > source for this claim ? > > > > > > > I don¹t know about recently, but he claimed it many times over > the years. It > > > used to be part of his name: ³Bal Brahmachari Mahesh² > > > > > > > > To convince "hundreds of his followers to adopt that lifestyle" > > > > seems to be a very good thing indeed. I was a celibate for 12 > years > > > > and it is a wonderful lifestyle. > > > > > > > I agree. I just find the hypocrisy and deception puzzling. > > > > > > > I recall hearing on a course back in the early 70s' that his name > did not include "BAL" - it > > was just Bramachari Mahesh. We speculated if that meant that he > had had sexual relations > > before devoting himself to Guru Dev. Others know more than I > about this, but I think Bal > > means lifelong, so if you have ever had sex, you cannot use the > term Bal in front of your > > name. > > > Early in the 70ths we used to call MMY when we participated at SCI- > courses and weekend-courses - and the question about sex did come up > from time to time. MMY always handled the questions - that he was > not able to answer questions about sex, because he himself was a > monk. > Ingegerd > I read the Sexy Sadie file last night. Since I know Ned, Casey, Rob and Billy, it had an aura of sobriety about it that was difficult to shake. I especially liked Ned's comments at the end: long post dated 26 Oct 02. -- These guys saw it all and still refused to see it until they could no longer refuse. This reminded me of something Mahesh said about the Hari Krishnas: they recite the mantra until their consciousness is simply exhausted and it falls through to the transcendent. This is about the same vintage as Hong Kong Fish. But when you look at the references to the expurgated version we have of Beacon Light, one wonders just what Mahesh was doing with Japa back then. Was it a precursor to rounding?
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