I have videotapes of all the Jan.12ths and all the GPs from those years. Maharishi was there for each.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ruthsimplicity" > <ruthsimplicity@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > I'm inclined to think it was his physical > > > security they were all concerned about rather > > > than his health per se. > > > > <snip> > > > > > It's still very unclear when this illness took > > > place. In different published interiews and > > > articles, Chopra (who is the only person to > > > have discussed the illness in public, as far as > > > I'm aware) has cited the late '80s, 1991, and > > > 1996. (The second part of the title of Chopra's > > > "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" may reflect > > > Chopra's problems with getting dates correct.) > > > > > > Chopra associates the onset of MMY's illness with > > > the publication of his book "Perfect Health," but > > > that's not possible, for various reasons, some > > > of which I've outlined previously. > > > > > > 1996 isn't possible either, so we're left with > > > late '80s. MMY moved into Vlodrop in 1990, > > > presumably right after his recovery, so he must > > > have fallen ill before then, but certainly not as > > > early as 1986. In any case, there were several > > > years in between his focus on "perfect health" > > > and his illness. > > > > > > <snip> > > > > I just checked to see when Perfect Heath was published. > > It came out in April 1990 and was written in 1989, according > > to LOC records. FWIW. > > > > Sure would be nice to have a nice neat timeline, wouldn't it? > > Thanks! That gets us closer, if *anything* about > Chopra's "Untold Story" is correct. Apparently he's > mistaken 1990 for 1991, and April for August (same > initial letter, at least). If MMY fell ill when the > book came out, as Chopra says, that would have been > April 1990; and he would have recovered by sometime > later that year, when we know he moved into Vlodrop. > > If so, then he wasn't out of circulation for an > entire year; and if he spent any time in the country > alone with Chopra, it could have been for only a > few months at most. > > He'd have missed Guru Purnima in July 1990; that's > such a big occasion in the movement that it's odd > it wasn't a source of gossip and alarm among enough > TMO people that it would have seeped down to the > rank and file. So I'm still dubious about the whole > country-idyll business. I'll bet he was back in > Vlodrop by Guru Purnima. > > Hmm, I just checked on Amazon. I looked "inside the > book," and the copyright page of the revised edition > of "Perfect Health" has the first copyright date as > 1991. What could account for the discrepancy with > the LOC? > > It sure is strange that MMY became desperately ill > on the day a book by Chopra called "Perfect Health" > was published. Now I'm wondering if telling the > story that way wasn't a subtle little dig from Chopra > behind all his devotional sentimentality. He didn't > *have* to mention the book at all; it played no other > role in the story. >
