--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, Jerry Seinfeld, Ringo Starr, and Howard Stern are secret Hindus. > > > At night they dress up in loin clothes and beads, and worship a statue > > > of an elephant god, and sing hare krishna songs. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > I know, why don't people listen to the Beatles more about TM, like when > > they all left India and wrote songs about what an opportunistic un-holy man > > Maharishi was...what was that?...we should listen to them NOW but not > > listen to them in the same decade when they actually spent time with > > Maharishi...gotcha! > > > > Actually, Curtis it wasn't the four Beatles who were writing "songs about > what an opportunistic un-holy man Maharishi was", as you put it, it was just > ONE of those Beatles -- John Lennon -- and every indication was that the > others did not share with him those sentiments.
No actually, before his weed induced amnesia, Paul was just as dismissive of Maharishi when he came back and it is all on tape. > > To wit: I believe it was in the documentary "Let it be" in which Paul > actually chastised John for saying what he was saying about Maharishi, > something to the effect that if he was doing any diddling that it was his > business. > > George is also on record as expressing his unhappiness with John over this. > > And Ringo? Well, he had left Rishikesh after 2 weeks so it really wasn't his > thing at the time...although he's now been meditating regularly for quite a > while. > > > > > > > > > And if people would listen to Howard Stern more there would be more beasts > > on display and we could throw pastries at stripper's asses and we could > > all spend hours hearing him bitch about his millionaire life with his > > trade-up hottie wife, that he still can't seem to enjoy with his TM. > > > > But Jerry Seinfeld seems like a pretty good source for discovering the > > philosophical underpinnings of TM and life, I mean just the other day he > > made this comment about how IN-convenient it is to get on planes these days > > without being able to bring your own hand lotion, I mean it was sooooo > > true, that it IS IN-convenient now, and he noticed that. > > > > Let's listen to him about everything, but not that Jenna Elfman or Tom > > Cruise or that John Travolta because those random celebrities are wrong > > about everything and don't know anything at all with their Thetans under > > your skin and ZERO Hindu gods that aren't gods because they are impulses of > > intelligence and the difference between them and Thetans is that they are > > really real, and TM people get their support by saying their mantras again > > and again and again and again and would release all that STRESS that you > > don't even know you have in your nervous system (under your skin). (But not > > in that auditing way that make Scientology sooooo creepy even though Jenna > > was kinda hot in a > > I-dream-of-Jeanie-innocent-sexy-girl-would-let-you-do-ANYTHING way in that > > show she was in for like one season.) > > > > Plus celebrities know how to make your skin silky smooth for HD TV and > > believe me David Lynch is gunna need that and they had better change the > > airplane law to allow him to bring about a gallon of moisturizer on planes > > to make him look like he is reversing the aging process. (Remember that > > claim before Maharishi got premature dementia and EVERYBODY in the > > movement's hair turned totally gray?) > > > > Oh yeah, and lets all drink our pee like Leyota Machida. (famous enough to > > make DR. Pete laugh I'll bet) > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Americans United for Separation of Church and State nails it: > > > > > > > > Transcending The Constitution?: Why TM Doesn't Belong In Public > > > > Schools � Even If Ringo Wants It > > > > > > > > (...) I like Lynch's work, but I'm not a fan of his efforts to > > > slip > > > > religion into the public schools. Lynch, backed by former Beatles Paul > > > > McCartney and Ringo Starr and some other celebrities, has been roaming > > > > the country looking to bring Transcendental Meditation (TM) into the > > > > schools through a Lynch-sponsored foundation. They recently held a big > > > > concert in New York City to raise money to promote TM to the public > > > > schools. > > > > > > > > A suburban Chicago newspaper, the Daily Herald, talked about efforts > > > > by TM promoters there to build on the concert and push for TM in local > > > > public schools. > > > > > > > > Lynch, McCartney and others say TM is a simple relaxation technique > > > > that reduces stress. I'm not so sure. Back in the late 1970s, > > > > Americans United litigated against the use of TM in a New Jersey > > > > public school. The court ruled in that case, Malnak v. Yogi, that TM > > > > is grounded in Hinduism. Students were assigned the name of a Hindu > > > > god to chant, and even went through a type of religious ceremony > > > > called a puja. > > > > > > > > Has TM suddenly been secularized over the past 30 years? It seems > > > > unlikely. The fact is, TM practitioners have always argued that their > > > > beliefs are not religious. In 1978, an attorney for TM told the 3rd > > > > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that TM is a "true science." > > > > > > > > Today, TM's Web site tends to refer to it as "a > > > technique," an > > > > "experience" or a "process." But the site still refers > > > to TM as a > > > > series of "Maharishi Vedic Science programs." The site > > > steadfastly > > > > denies that TM is a religion. > > > > > > > > That doesn't surprise me. Like advocates of creationism, TM > > > devotees > > > > know that if they admit that their system is grounded in religion,> > > > > > > Yeah, Jerry Seinfeld, Ringo Starr, and Howard Stern are secret Hindus. > > > At night they dress up in loin clothes and beads, and worship a statue > > > of an elephant god, and sing hare krishna songs. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > >
