off_world_beings wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > >> Vaj wrote: >> >>> On Feb 17, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Premanand wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Has anyone seen a preview of this movie by David Sieveking yet? >>>> It was shown last weekend, and reviewed in Variety:- >>>> http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942181.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 >>>> > <http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942181.html?categoryid=31&cs=1> > >>>> I notice Judith Bourque is listed as appearing, I wonder what she >>>> > had > >>>> to say? >>>> >>> I wonder if it will air in FF or Skelm? Looks like it may be a tad >>> > too > >>> honest for the TM crowd, claiming to out Mahesh's avaricious ways, >>> > his > >>> multiple affairs and he's even blasted by the Good Shank of the >>> > North > >>> (and fellow Guru Dev ghost worshipper). Hopefully they'll have boxes >>> of tissues and a cadre of exit counsellors waiting in the wings. >>> >>> >>> Back in Germany, Sieveking signs up for TM lessons. On the first >>> > day, > >>> he's required to bring some unusual items -- plus a check for >>> > E2,380. > >>> While covering the Maharashi's funeral in India and a subsequent >>> convening of his successors (the "Maharajah" and "Rajas") in the >>> Netherlands, Sieveking witnesses a battle for power within the TM >>> empire. He also spotlights some of the organization's questionable >>> plans for world peace (for which they raise millions of dollars) >>> including the fascist-sounding Invincible German and Bramasthan, >>> > where > >>> 10,000 pandits are supposed to be chanting 24/7. >>> >>> However, it's when he begins talking to renegade former TMers who >>> spill the beans about the Maharashi's multiple affairs and the way >>> > he > >>> bled followers for cash (e.g., raja training is available for $1 >>> million), that emails start to fly and lawsuits are threatened. >>> >>> Pic's best moments include visits to the much-vaunted Bramasthan, >>> which turns out to be a ghost town, and to Swami Swaroopanand, >>> successor to Guru Dev, in a village near Tibet. The swami tells >>> Sieveking that the Maharashi, from a trader caste, was merely Dev's >>> bookkeeper and has no right to give mantras or teach meditation. >>> Besides, he notes, "Gurus don't sell their knowledge, they share >>> > it." > >> I'm surprised that David Lynch has stayed with TM this long. If he >> thinks Hollywood has "too many rules" then maybe he ought to look at >> > the > >> TM movement. One would think he would wake up to the scam>> >> > > It appears he got enlightened through TM. He admires Maharishi and TM so > much, and is very blissful about it. > > OffWorld
I doubt that. I just think he thinks TM is a neat thing and hasn't look much further than his nose.
