--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "chaim_laib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've never heard of anyone with a bone to pick trying to speak with > > him at all- they mainly try their case in the court of public > > opinion, so to speak. > > > > I have yet to read of someone describing their attempts to speak > > with Maharishi and being repeatedly rebuffed, once they already had > > access. Not saying it never happened, but I just have never heard of > > it. > > > > Ok, here's one for you, it at least partially expalins the wall aournd > him. Different era but this happened to me, I was there, it really > happened. > > It was an ATR course attended by maybe 200 initiators, in Mallorca, at > the end of 1971. Lots and lots of problems of all kinds-housing, > busing, food, but we were young then, innocent, most things were > tolerable. > > Like standing for 8 hours, in front of our hotel at the beginning of > the 4 week course waiting for our bus to come get us and take us to > the other side of the island. Every 10 minutes or so we were told, > "it's almost here." > > And getting to where M was, and getting rooms with no heat, no hot > water, no electricity, it was freezing, and when we asked for > different rooms we were told "you're just unstressing." > > SOOOO, at the very end of the 4 weeks, next to last meeting, Maharishi > asked us, "What can I do to make these courses better." I thought he > really wanted to know, so I got up to the microphone, he called on me, > and I said: "Maharishi one thing you can do to make these courses > better is to have them planned better before we get here." Well, > instantly the Big Cheeses (Joe Clarke, Stan Crow, Charlie Donanue) > starting waving me off the microphone. M noted this yet he looked at > me and gave me the a nod of the head-a go-ahead-to keep talking. > > I explained to him all about an airline mixup, about the buses, about > the no heat/hot water, about how rudely the housing people were to us, > etc. and he was looking at me, really listening. All this while- maybe > 3 or 4 minutes Stan Crowe, Joe Clarke, Charlie Donahue, were hissing > at me, waving me away from the microphone, finally YELLING "Sit down, > sit down." > > The one good thing about it was, at our very last meeting, before we > got on the buses, as M was giving us our sendoff, he said, in the > midst of his spiel, "...and we will do a much better job of planning > for your next course..." and while he was saying these words he was > looking around the room to find me and our eyes met for a split sec. > > It was great vindication for me, but it never stopped The Big Cheeses > from being idiotic about "protecting" M from anything not perfect. > Which was always a stupid thing to do, imo. > > There are many other stories like this that I witnessed and it > expalins that there is a vast wall around him. At least I think there is. > > Chaim L. > I am glad to did that- good for you, however it is not really in the same league as what I am curious about. I DO agree that Movement facilities were often atricious; dirty, spartan and actually dangerous. And the last course I attended (1993- Wash DC) was so disorganized I decided I'd not go on another.
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