TurquoiseB wrote:

> > > And the TMO **doesn't**?  Hmmm, in what universe does the TMO
> > > ever turn  down free publicity or the chance to make headlines?
>
> > Any examples Sal ? Probably not. You have never, ever heard Maharishi
> > use a celebrity for his own/the movements ends.
>
> Bullshit.  You were obviously not around for the Merv
> wave.  I was, driving Clint Eastwood around and letting
> him in to Maharishi's hotel room the night before the
> show.  I sat there and watched Clint graciously say No
> to Maharishi's rather ungracious attempts to have him
> prostelytizing for the TM movement and/or using his
> name to sell TM.  And I saw it many, many, many times
> during those days.
>
> There were even a few of us in L.A. who specialized in
> teaching TM to celebrities, with the express condition
> that we never reveal who they were and that they had
> learned TM.  They had learned very quickly that if they
> learned through the normal channels they would be hit
> up for money and their names associated with the TMO.
>
> Unc
>

Interesting. I was at the Gayley (LA) Ctr for a few years and saw quite a
few celebrities come to lectures and receive initiation at the center. I
never knew of any of them being hit up for money or publicity.



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