At 12/03/2006 8:27 AM, Anonymous said...
An old friend of mine (an ex-TM teacher) lives in Fairfield and does not attend
the TM functions (at their request, because he openly hosted, Oh No!, other
gurus at his home when they passed through Fairfield. He enjoys the drama when
they go through town. He still thinks TM is good, however. He recently told me
that among those living there, many of the old-time TM teachers have turned to
drugs and alcohol. He said that many are addicted to pain killers or are
drunkards. He told me this very matter of factly, like it was normal in any
community in the US to have a large number of strung out people, but I found it
very strange, given MMY's teachings.
I know that when I visited him in Fairfield a few years ago and went to see
some Guru-passing-through type who was a "healer" of some kind, there was a
huge group of TMers who were active in the domes, visiting the same guy, saying
"shhh don't say you saw me here"..... Many many many of them had cancer and
other horrible diseases like debilitating arthritis. Most of them were between
25-50 years old. The "healer", who happened to be from India, said he had never
seen so much disease in such a small, condensed population in his life.
"Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only
love."
- Amma
