--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
[Lawson wrote:]
> > BTW, did you pay a $700 check made out to Deepak Chopra or was it
> made out to the > non-profit Maharishi Ayurveda Fund (MAF)?
>
> Good question, I can't remember. I may have a paper trail
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I had the opportunity to exchange a few sentences with Dr. Chopra
> not too long after he left the TMO. He essentially said the same
> thing. Iindicating that the JAMA lawsuit was the final straw.
That was my und
> BTW, did you pay a $700 check made out to Deepak Chopra or was it
made out to the > non-profit Maharishi Ayurveda Fund (MAF)?
Good question, I can't remember. I may have a paper trail somewhere.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> "Just one of those wonderful double standards--
> er, I mean, contradictions--that Curtis is so
> fond of, I guess."
>
> Or more technically "gay" for. However I am just as gay for your
> wicked sense of humo
"Just one of those wonderful double standards--
er, I mean, contradictions--that Curtis is so
fond of, I guess."
Or more technically "gay" for. However I am just as gay for your
wicked sense of humor Judy so please don't feel gay deprived.
My "beef" with Chopra revolved around him giving me a ma
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
[...]
>
> I had the opportunity to exchange a few sentences with Dr. Chopra not
> too long after he left the TMO. He essentially said the same thing.
> Iindicating that the JAMA lawsuit was the final straw. He had
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "abutilon108" abutilon108@
wrote:
> >
> > I'm thankful to Deepak for sharing his personal experiences with
> > Maharishi and the circumstances of his leaving the movement. Of
> > c
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chopra is whatever he is. I DON'T CARE.
>
> What is becoming apparent, however, is what YOU
> and the others who are writing hundreds of lines
> to FFL demonizing him are.
>
> Angry, vindictive, obsessed, and above
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bingo.
>
> Selfless service is called that because it's
> selfless; you're do the work because it gives
> you joy to do the work. If you EXPECT something
> "in returh," then it's not really selfless
> service now, is i
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
> [...]
> > The fact that you can overcome it now and limit
> > your number of posts and yet claimed for years
> > that you couldn't *because* of the brain dys-
>
Lawson, I just sent you an email to whatever email address
you have registered with Yahoo (i.e., I sent it via the Web
site).
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> The fact that you can overcome it now and limit
> your number of posts and yet claimed for years
> that you couldn't *because* of the brain dys-
> function makes it applicable.
I claimed that my ADHD made itimpossi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just trying to point out that Lawson's seem-
> ingly noble stance ain't quite as noble as he'd
> like to portray. Using his line of reasoning,
> everyone who ever contributed big bucks to one
> of Maharishi's boondog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
> >
> > > We (including Chopra himself, quite consciously --I know his
> > > publicists, remember) literally worked for years to make
> > > "Deepak Cho
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > We (including Chopra himself, quite consciously --I know his
> > publicists, remember) literally worked for years to make
> > "Deepak Chopra" a household word in order to further
> > the goals Maharishi Mahe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "abutilon108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm thankful to Deepak for sharing his personal experiences with
> Maharishi and the circumstances of his leaving the movement. Of
> course, it's a beautifully written piece, and seems quite
> straightforward and ho
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I blame Chopra for that as much as anyone. Chopra is the one who
>
> We (including Chopra himself, quite consciously --I know his
publicists, remember)
> literally worked for years to make "Deepak Chopra" a household word
in order to further
> the goals Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TMO and he took our work and
betrayed us.
But Lawson, you know what it is like
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000"
> wrote:
> >
> > > I blame Chopra for that as much as anyone. Chopra is the one who
> > > decided to become the media darling rather than sit at the feet
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I blame Chopra for that as much as anyone. Chopra is the one who
> decided to become the media darling rather than sit at the feet of the
> guru. The entire thing with the rajas and whatnot is obviously
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote:
> >
> > > On Behalf Of sparaig
> > >
> > > Nyah. Except maybe on YOUR part, to not note she's correct
> > > about this. Few people ever call Barry on his Jud
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Behalf Of sparaig
> >
> > Nyah. Except maybe on YOUR part, to not note she's correct
> > about this. Few people ever call Barry on his Judy obsession
> > except to joke about it, but many make hostile remarks
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
wrote:
> > >
> > > Who the hell cares? He wasn't there when the Beatles were
> > > in Rishikesh. H
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One thing I recall hearing is that Chopra was hoping to
> include non-Ayurvedic (Chinese? Tibetan? His own?)
> modalities in the Maharishi Ayurveda clinics and MMY
> said no. This prompted Douliard to leave the Mahari
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I did publicity work for Chopra for years. I'm on a first
> name basis with both his original movement publicist,
> Carla Linton (-Browne) and Muriel Nellis (who is still
> his publicist, last I heard). I know where a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote:
> [...]
> > > > Who the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > >
It's an ethical violation that is usually dealt with
by the state within which you are licensed. But since
Chopra holds no current medical license, it is a moot
point.
--- Marek Reavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Addendum: One thing that I didn't think to mention
> is that it's not
> against th
Addendum: One thing that I didn't think to mention is that it's not
against the law to divulge or breach a confidentiality, although
breach of contract, intentional infliction or emotional distress and
a host of other causes of action would likely be brought in tort
against anyone who did -- a
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of sparaig
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:40 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold
Story: Recollections of a Fo
Nyah. Except maybe on YOUR
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> [...]
> > That whole pastoral idyll in England Chopra
> > describes having alone with MMY seems to have
> > been some kind of wish-fulfillment fantasy.
>
> Fa
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote:
[...]
> > > Who the hell cares? He wasn't there when the Beatles were in Rishikesh.
> > > H
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
[...]
> > She's often speculated that its the fact she's a *woman* that
> > draws certain people's ire. I often think so also.
>
> Appreciate the support, but I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> That whole pastoral idyll in England Chopra
> describes having alone with MMY seems to have
> been some kind of wish-fulfillment fantasy.
>
Fascinating... Where did you hear this?
Lawson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In F
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> >
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Judy, the only person who cares if if was a ""Gotta Get Judy"
> > > pos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- claudiouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >.. And I was
> > told that MMY said to Chopra much the same thing
> > he'd said to Ravi
> > Shankar - if you need to teach go ahead but we must
> > go our separate
> > way
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Towards the end MMY was clearly irritated by Chopra - I remember
> seeing a video where Chopra was speaking to the camera and MMY was in
> the background and clearly noticeable were subtle side to side
> movements o
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ruthsimplicity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[...]
> The whole symptomatology is impossibly vague. And maybe it wasn't
> actually pancreatitis but just a bad pain in the gut symptomatic of
> the heart attack. Which would lead you down a whole 'nother path.
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Your and Judith's remarks about Chopra's (quite open and honest
> > > IM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> Your and Judith's remarks about Chopra's (quite open and honest IMO) article
> in the
> Huffington Post reveal an obvious agenda against him.
>
> In the past day we've had Bevan talking about Maharishi being w
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- aut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "abutilon108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I'm thankful to Deepak for sharing his personal experiences with
> Maharishi and the circumstances of his leaving the movement. Of
> course, it's a beautifully written piece, and seems quite
> straightforward and h
Peter, it might be that being treated by a psychologist or
psychiatrist is itself something of an admission that the patient has
mental health issues and that carries something of a stigma that
going to a medical doctor doesn't, and consequently there's that
extra proviso. But that's only my s
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
>
> > Actually, since so many appeals (and brickbats) have
> > already been addressed to (or thrown at) me alone, I'm
> > not inclined to entertain even appeals add
Maybe doctor-patient confidentiality is stricter for
psychologists than for medical doctors.
--- Marek Reavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shemp, I'm not an expert here. As has been pointed
> out and based on
> what Chopra has written, the times he attended on
> Maharishi in a
> physician cont
Shemp, I'm not an expert here. As has been pointed out and based on
what Chopra has written, the times he attended on Maharishi in a
physician context was in India and England, both of those instances
would have put him out of the jurisdictional reach of any U.S.
court. Maybe not outside of r
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, since so many appeals (and brickbats) have
> already been addressed to (or thrown at) me alone, I'm
> not inclined to entertain even appeals addressed to
> both of us until after I see a bunch of them address
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "abutilon108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm thankful to Deepak for sharing his personal experiences with
> Maharishi and the circumstances of his leaving the movement. Of
> course, it's a beautifully written piece, and seems quite
> straightforward and ho
I read your website on the subject. Earliest pictures of Lakshmi are
Buddhist coins of Gaja or Elephant Lakshmi from 100 CE. The Shri Suktam is
considered late Vedic at placed at 400 BCE. If you know the Shree Suktam
then you know the original 16 quatrains have the associated letters of the
Sh
I'm thankful to Deepak for sharing his personal experiences with
Maharishi and the circumstances of his leaving the movement. Of
course, it's a beautifully written piece, and seems quite
straightforward and honest. Clearly Chopra is reflecting on the
contradictory impressions he is left with of M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
> wrote:
> >
> > Judy, the only person who cares if if was a ""Gotta Get Judy"
> > post is you and maybe Barry. Perhaps you excercise tremendous
> > constraint
Marek:
It would be nice to hear a legal opinion on the following:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/165362
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sal, who here hasn't asked these two to stop with the incessant and
> pointles
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hagen J. Holtz"
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I heard Maharishi once been saying that the TM-Mantras came
> > > from
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Judy, the only person who cares if if was a ""Gotta Get Judy"
> post is you and maybe Barry. Perhaps you excercise tremendous
> constraint and don't reply as often as you'd like to Barry's
> posts. All I can sa
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hagen J. Holtz"
wrote:
> >
> > I heard Maharishi once been saying that the TM-Mantras came
> > from the so-called mantra shastras. I have never been studying
> > them, but he
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hagen J. Holtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I heard Maharishi once been saying that the TM-Mantras came from the
> so-called mantra
shastras. I have never been studying them, but he said that this is a complete
source, which
may even contain the mantra
Hagen wrote:
> I heard Maharishi once been saying that the TM-Mantras
> came from the so-called mantra shastras. I have never
> been studying them, but he said that this is a complete
> source, which may even contain the mantras of physical
> immortality, which have once been carried off by som
Kirk wrote:
> Bija mantras exist in many tantras.
>
Maybe so, but aren't most of the tantras relativlely
recent? Most of the works which mention bija mantras
are recent compositions. For example, the Tripura
Upanishad was probably composed as recently as the
18th century. My point is that the i
.
- Original Message -
From: Richard J. Williams
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:18 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold
Story: Recollections of a Fo
Kirk wrote:
> I also under the auspices of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
>
> > The very assumption that there *was* a poisoning
> > is the part of Chopra's story that sounds weird
> > to me. He's a doctor; how could he even suggest
On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Sal, who here hasn't asked these two to stop with the incessant and
pointless feuding. Obvious to one and all, irritating to the max,
incapable of being ended because the 'other' always starts it up
again.
Turq posts with a broad (and often chee
Judy, the only person who cares if if was a ""Gotta Get Judy" post is
you and maybe Barry. Perhaps you excercise tremendous constraint and
don't reply as often as you'd like to Barry's posts. All I can say
is what has been said by many, many people who post here, myself
included -- it's borin
t: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold
Story: Recollections of a Fo
> Kirk wrote:
>> I also under the auspices of the Kanchi Shank
>> and other Sri Vidya devotees was the only white
>> guy out of a hundred Hindus to be in the first
>&
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It'll be obvious to one and all at FFL when Sat Yuga finally dawns.
Another nomination for Quote Of The Week. The first one was pretty damn goog
though...
You folks crack me up.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"
> wrote:
> >
> > Sal, who here hasn't asked these two to stop with the incessant
> > and pointless feuding. Obvious to one and all, irritating to
> > the max, in
Kirk wrote:
> I also under the auspices of the Kanchi Shank
> and other Sri Vidya devotees was the only white
> guy out of a hundred Hindus to be in the first
> Saundaraya Lahiri Japa Yajna
>
So, you're thinking that there is an oral tradition
in India and that the TM bija mantras are derived
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Sal, who here hasn't asked these two to stop with the incessant
> and pointless feuding. Obvious to one and all, irritating to
> the max, incapable of being ended because the 'other' always
> starts it up again.
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 9:15 AM, authfriend wrote:
>
> > (So much for Barry's umpteenth vow, made just
> > yesterday, not to respond to me. This is the way
> > he usually sneaks back in, by ostensibly
> > responding to
Sal, who here hasn't asked these two to stop with the incessant and
pointless feuding. Obvious to one and all, irritating to the max,
incapable of being ended because the 'other' always starts it up
again.
Turq posts with a broad (and often cheeky) brush and Judy can't
resist calling him on e
On Feb 14, 2008, at 9:15 AM, authfriend wrote:
(So much for Barry's umpteenth vow, made just
yesterday, not to respond to me. This is the way
he usually sneaks back in, by ostensibly
responding to someone else who has responded to
me and demonizing me in those comments, without
mentioning my nam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Maharishi, after all, did the same thing. We have
> > NO IDEA what the "real" story of Guru Dev was.
> > All we have is Maharishi's view of who and what
> > he was. And that view is often at odds with the
> > view of other
ubject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The
Untold
> Story: Recollections of a Fo
>
>
>
> USA is still considered a western country, at least by many standards.
>
> Of course. And so are all the countries in Europe.
Not all but most.
Though I would not count the new members of the EC as european. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Houston, I think we have a problem. At the very
> least, Chopra has some questions to answer.
In addition to Chopra's contradictory stories about
why the Beatles left Rishikesh, and the apparent
falsehoods in Chopra's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This pretty much sums up my impression of the man also. 3 doctors in
> > the ambulance, and only himself, after the car reached the hospital
> > was able to revive a "dead" body ? Sounds very strange.
>
>
> -That sou
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:50 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold
Story: Recollections of a Fo
USA is still
this reads like a 21st century rig veda - imagine the commentaries on
this piece written 5000 years in the future.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Maharishi, after all, did the same thing. We have
> > NO IDEA what the "real" story of Guru Dev was.
> > Al
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The very assumption that there *was* a poisoning
> is the part of Chopra's story that sounds weird
> to me. He's a doctor; how could he even suggest
> such a thing if no one ever did the tests to
> support that theory?
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> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years -
The Untold
> Story: Recollections of a Fo
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> Yes, and the american "purusha" that poisened him.
>
> The story didn't identify the suspect as an American Purusha. Just a
> We
Kirk, did you notice that Chopra, as a mouthpiece for
> MMY's teaching, got it wrong a lot? I used to listen
> to him at various TMO events and realize that he
> didn't have a clear understanding of what Maharishi
> was talking about. I think this is because he didn't
> spend all that time watching
Maharishi, after all, did the same thing. We have
> NO IDEA what the "real" story of Guru Dev was.
> All we have is Maharishi's view of who and what
> he was. And that view is often at odds with the
> view of other people who were students of Guru
> Dev's at the same time Mahesh was. The only
> rea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I think Deepak's credibility in this story comes down to this:
>
> Is it true what he says about Maharishi being incommunicado
> with the public (i.e., "us", we the meditators) for such a
> long period of time?
>
Was MMY was incommunicado between August 1, 1991 - August 1,1992?
Did MMY move to Vlodrop late 1992? Where is Neil Patterson?
Nandkishore? Jerry Jarvis? etc.? Too many rumors. Can someone
please write a factual "Inside the TMO" book?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"
<[EMAIL
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk"
wrote:
> >
> > ...even Bevan will be hard pressed to remember his motivation
> > soon
> >
> > and within ten years it's likely this first TM Movement will
> > be bas
--- Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and I've always wondered about the
> >> strong anti-Chopra feelings I've seen expressed
> >> on groups like this one.
>
> --Well, Ayurveda became a focal point in the mid
> eighties. First we saw
> all the vaidyas, then later yet we got Chopra for a
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
wrote:
> > > So, geeze, what do you make of the fact that Chopra's
> > > given two conflicting
> Damn! You're on a real roll today, Kirk.
> Well said. That's it exactly.
Yeah I agree. Kirk is serving up some mad intellectual gumbo this
trip. Keep it up brother!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ki
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> ...even Bevan will be hard pressed to remember his motivation
> soon
>
> and within ten years it's likely this first TM Movement will
> be basically over
>
> I believe that Deepak shows that even those closest t
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
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> > Geez, Chopra was well after my time in the TMO
> > and, if I remember correctly, after yours as well.
> > Therefore I have no feelings about him one way
hout a hub for their spokinesses.
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From: "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:12 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold
Story: Recollections of a Fo
>I blame Chopr
and I've always wondered about the
>> strong anti-Chopra feelings I've seen expressed
>> on groups like this one.
--Well, Ayurveda became a focal point in the mid eighties. First we saw
all the vaidyas, then later yet we got Chopra for a spell. he seemed to me
like a latecomer to the TMO wh
This pretty much sums up my impression of the man also. 3 doctors in
> the ambulance, and only himself, after the car reached the hospital
> was able to revive a "dead" body ? Sounds very strange.
-That sounds strange to you? That sounds strange.
But Nablusoss1008 is Aliester Crowley reinca
Everyone can be pretty sure Bevan will push the Maharishi envelope as
superlatively as anything Maharishi did. It will still be fun to watch. this
is one reason I have been excited by the TM Movement stories my whole life;
at least it's totally fascinating metadrama.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I blame Chopra for that as much as anyone. Chopra is the one who
> > decided to become the media darling rather than sit at the feet
> > of the guru. The entire thing with the rajas and whatnot is
> > o
--- claudiouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>.. And I was
> told that MMY said to Chopra much the same thing
> he'd said to Ravi
> Shankar - if you need to teach go ahead but we must
> go our separate
> ways.. Interesting that both Chopra & Ravi Shankar
> featured in
> commentaries about MMY aft
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
> >
> > Yes, and the american "purusha" that poisened him.
>
> The story didn't identify the suspect as an American Purusha.
> Just a Westerner.
The very assumption that there *was* a
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