--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just for the record, Henry Louie was Joni's manager (or was > > it > > > > > > recording engineer, Turq?). Henry and his wife Nadine were > > > > > > close to MMY in the early days. I once heard a story that > > > > > > some starry-eyed fan got close enough to Joni (who learned > > TM > > > > > > at some point) to say "Jai Guru Dev" and that Joni's > > response > > > > > > was "Fuck you." > > > > > > > > > > Not surprising since one of her friends, Alan Ginsberg had > > > > > discovered and exposed the Maharishi's phoniness many years > ago > > > > > (and IIRC correctly, Ginsberg published it in a newspaper). > > > > > > > > > I heard Alan Ginsberg say just the opposite, that Maharishi is > > > > supremely enlightened and nothing phony about him at all, that > > the > > > > phoniness others see in Maharishi is just a reflection of their > > own > > > > phoniness. Oh wait, you cite your references first...:-) > > > > > > No problem: > > > > > > http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dg6n6657_59c8ftjw > > > > > > As you'll see, he sure discovered and exposed > > > MMY's phoniness, all right. > > > > > > <guffaw> > > > > > Now that I've read Alan Ginsberg's breathless expose of Maharishi's > > phoniness, I'll come clean: Vaj and I both made up what we said out > > of thin air, and I do mean thin... Interesting that Vaj takes the > > word of someone who before trying Maharishi's meditation just > > writes it off. Synergy? Nah.:-) > > Ginsberg *didn't* write it off, though. He didn't > care for the hype surrounding MMY, and he didn't > think much of MMY's political opinions, but he > said the idea of everybody meditating makes sense, > but that he couldn't judge the method because he > hadn't tried it. > > I'm quite sure Vaj *did* see the article. He just > chose to lie about it. You know, speaking of > exposing phonies. >
He can see it here if he cares: http://tinyurl.com/2v2em5
