These would be loincloths (kaupin) rather than dhotis. Anyone else wear these, too?
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 4, 2006, at 2:50 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 4, 2006, at 1:53 PM, authfriend wrote: > >> > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>> <snip> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Had anyone heard the stories of learning to wear a dhoti and wrap > >>>> it a certain way so as to put ice cubes around the testicles? > >>>> Cold showers? > >>>> > >>> > >>> You mean John Knapp's "wet diapers" story on Trancenet? > >>> > >> > >> No, never heard that one! No, this was serious. A way to gently > >> cool the testicles and to preserve ojas and diminish the fires of > >> desire. A clever idea. > >> > > > > Here ya go: > > > > In the circles in which I participated (not all that high up, I'm > > afraid), we were in work camps (Livingston Manor, NY, among others) > > on which it wasn't unusual to work 36-hour shifts, we were fed > > zucchini-and-rice starvation diets, were asked to sign lifetime > > contracts to serve the Maharishi, followed schedules that accounted > > for nearly every minute of every day, were required to practice > > lifelong celibacy, and more. > > > > Until I have time to write my story, I'll just try to dole occasional > > details. > > > > My favorite TM moment came in the fall of 1977, shortly after the > > Academy of SCI in Livingston Manor became all male -- by throwing out > > all married, female, children, and gay staff, without warning, and > > stealing their earned "course credit." > > > > Two managers of MIU Press took small groups of 4 or 5 of > > us "boys/aspiring brahmacharis" through a hidden passage into a > > secret room on the Academy compound. Our two "instructors" explained > > that Maharishi had some special, secret instructions for us -- since > > we were very special and dear to him as life-time volunteers. > > > > We were told to strip -- by the way it was freezing because the > > heating plant was turned off throughout the Academy in the dead of > > Winter. Then they proceeded to show us how to fold and wear what I > > can best describe as "diapers" that they claimed would help us "keep > > our energy up" -- that is maintain perfect celibacy, without "losing > > energy at night" (nocturnal emissions/wet dreams -- major no-nos.) > > They had us practice putting on the "diapers" and inspected and > > tightened them to the point of pain. Then they had us strip again, > > put them on again and inspect each others diapers. We were ridiculed > > and mocked if our weren't tight, damp, or cold enough. This > > process went on for roughly an hour. > > > > These diapers -- also worn by Hare Krishnas I'm told -- were to be > > worn tight, damp, and cold enough to make our testicles curl up > > (painful at first, but we gradually got used to it). We were told to > > not to take the diapers off except to clean them once a week. > > > > We were admonished to never divulge this practice, that it was common > > in Europe at MERU and elsewhere with Maharishi's permanent, private > > staff, that we were very fortunate to be given this special knowledge > > which would lead to the "quick dawning of Unity Consciousness," and > > to always keep it secret because America wasn't ready for such > > powerful techniques. > > Hmmm. Thanks. Yep that's it, except the people I talked to learned it > in Switzerland. They weren't diapers, they were of course, dhotis. > 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/
