Rick, I always liked your mom. Even as I write this I can see and hear her. She had an unusual voice! She always spoke so proudly of you and Carol.
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > My mother was in and out of mental hospitals > throughout most of my teenage > years and early 20's and tried to commit suicide > three times - nearly > succeeding. When I became a TM teacher, I began to > ask Maharishi what I > could do about the situation. He would always go > inward when I asked this. I > didn't get the impression he was avoiding the > question. I got the impression > we was "checking it out" and doing a sankalpa for me > (making a resolve to > help on a subtle level). Finally, in 1974 when I was > on International Staff, > my mother was in an "out of the hospital" phase and > expressed the desire to > join me in Switzerland. I asked Maharishi if she > could and he readily > agreed. I feel to this day that that was very kind > and generous of him. I > wasn't paying my way, and nor could she, nor did he > expect her to be a very > useful member of staff. He just was rewarding me for > my service and in > essence, volunteering to help my mother. Which he > did. Her first comment > after she met him was, "He looks right into your > soul!" She stayed 9 months > and underwent a huge transformation. Never went back > to serious mental > illness, although she got a bit kooky in her final > years. She became a > siddha and completed Phase I of TTC. > > 2nd story: During my stint on International Staff, a > girl jumped naked off > her balcony in her ATR hotel in Brünnen, during an > argument with her > boyfriend. She died instantly. I was sent down to do > damage control - to > talk to the staff, who were rather shaken up, but > also with instructions to > advise them to keep the situation quiet. > > > > > > 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
