The "incredible comment" was a quite by Debbie Henning that Doug was in bliss when he died.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the interesting post, Mark. I had no idea > the amazing Randi had anything on Maharishi. Here's > more from Randi's website: > > "I lost a friend yesterday. Magician Doug Henning died > of liver cancer after five weeks of fighting the > disease with Transcendental Meditation -- his > preferred philosophy and his chosen way of life. He is > survived by his wife, Debbie. > > Doug was a beautiful, open person, a naive individual > who believed that some day he would get the hang of > levitating through TM, but of course never achieved > it. He wrote me 25 years ago that I would be the very > first person he'd call as soon as he mastered the > feat. He never called me to witness the miracle and > finally informed me that he'd been instructed not to > communicate with persons who were not "in" the > movement. The cult had isolated him, and I never heard > from him again. > > Some day I'll do an article on Doug's sad descent into > credulity, how he threw away his career to follow the > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and the heartless way that the > TM movement made use of him. A web page this morning > infuriated me by posting that "Doug and Debbie were in > bliss during the transition." How can I express my > feelings at that incredible comment?" > > Article at: http://www.randi.org/jr/02-09-2000.html > > --- markmeredith2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is taken directly from: > > http://www.randi.org/jr/121903lins.html > > down the page a little: > > > > "Reader Carl Fink tells us that according to a > > recent Reuters News > > article, movie director David "Twin Peaks" Lynch is > > trying to raise $1 > > billion to support a "University of World Peace," to > > bring peace to > > the world via Transcendental Meditation. That's the > > same old Maharishi > > Mahesh Yogi crap, always asking for funding to solve > > global problems > > when he can't even solve his own. He's been on that > > bandwagon for > > years now, taking full-page ads in TIME Magazine to > > beg for billions. > > > > Mr. Lynch insists that the TM method of peace > > infusion has been proven > > to work in multiple tests, but here he's fallen for > > the TM line, which > > we blew apart right on this page — October 5th, > > 2001. And, of course, > > Mr. Lynch can win the Foundation's million dollars > > if he can show such > > proof. But a guy who asks for a billion probably > > looks at a million as > > small potatoes. Yeah, that must be it." > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ 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/
