--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So I have to ask.....what is the backround of King Tony? When > >was he > > > initiated in TM? > > > > When did he take teacher training? Siddhis? Do you know of > >anyone who > > > >hung out with > > > > him before he was, um, "crowned"? Was he a normal dude? > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samuel Gravina" <wrote: > > I knew Tony when he was in Cambridge in the early 80's. He was a TM > > Governor and a regular dude. He was very smart, very nice and > > dedicated to TM just like we all were . He sat on the airplane with > > my wife when they went to the Amsterdam course (I couldn't go > >because > > I was more into grad school than I was into seeing Maharishi, plus > >we > > couldn't afford two plane tickets). My wife was cute and he was > >cute > > and I'm sure that had something to do with why they ended up sitting > > next to each other. He loved Lebanon and really liked skiing he > >said > > the skiiing in Lebanon was great. My wife and Tony planned a ski > >trip > > for the three of us but it never came about. > > > > I also knew John Hagelen back then. He too was a very regular guy. > > He had that aristocratic accent back then but he didn't talk like a > > vocabulary quiz. I once asked him why he talked so fancy for the > > movement and he said that that was what Maharishi liked to hear. > > > > My take on Tony and John is that they are both very bright guys who > > also will do anything for Maharishi. It would be impossible for me > >to > > think they are brain washed. They were so together and their > > personalities were very well developed. It is also very hard for me > > to think they believe all the stuff they are saying. Or maybe they > > think it's true on "some level". > > > > Nobody knows what is really in the heart of anybody. I don't know > > what's in my heart. > > > > Sam > > > > >Peter <drpetersutphen@> >wrote: > > > > I know John quite well from years prior to and his > > first couple of years in TM. We went to school > > together and were good friends. I agree with Sam. John > > is a complete regular guy, far from some bliss ninny > > mood-maker. He's very smart and loves verbal puns. > > John is the complete opposite of Bevan! > > > > Yes,is encouraging testimony. > > Om, do any of these apostles have that kind of spiritual juice for > giving dharshan? Diksha? Shakti Pot? Help people through dharshan > with spiritual life, experience, energy & life, or hands-on heal the > lame? > > Or, is that still not comely for TMmovement officials?
In my experience, giving Shakti Pot is extremely rare in the Movement ! :-
