On May 29, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Jason wrote:
I want to know who gave him the title *Maharishi* .??
Why does he put his bald head in all the org's emblems.??
I think he was a good meditation teacher, but a very poor
Philosophy teacher.!!
Paradoxicaly, I know many good philosophy teachers who are
poor meditation teachers.!!
All his titles are self-proclaimed.
The movement spiel is that people heard a rumor at one of his early
lectures in Southern India that a maharishi was coming from the
Himalayas, i.e. probably suggested by some forward materials for the
lecture. After that, he just assumed the name himself. According to
one of the Shanks. he also added the yogi and was never actually
trained as a yogi (thus the asana course made my a gym teacher). Joyce
Collin-Smith, an early secretary, actually caught him adding "His
Holiness" to his other aliases.
