On Mar 6, 2010, at 4:50 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > > I gather that this statement from Alex Mardas is in reaction to an > > > earlier NY Times article about the Beatles and MMY. > > > > > > I note that his memory regarding dates of the Rishikesh course is a > > > little fuzzy, but this is the first statement I've seen from him since > > > the late 60s. The section of the statement dealing with MMY starts on > > > page 7. > > > > > > http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/arts/Mardas.pdf > > > > > > Interesting Geez. This means that Chopra's and George Harrison's gloss > > about 'what really happened on the Rishikesh TTC' is somewhat moot, no? > > > > Uh, no, Vaj. It's the other way around. That would mean that George > Harrison's rendition of what really happened would make Magic Alex's > rendition somewhat moot.
How's that? Please explain. They weren't doing LSD as claimed. And he witnessed a "pass" on some female student. MMY didn't deny it, but only said "he was human". At least he was honest. > > And this isn't a defense of Maharishi; I don't give a flying f*** whether he > bonked Mia Farrow and all those babes that Rick has been unstressing on for > the last decade and a half 'cause my TM will or will not work regardless. But > Alex's credibility is diminished by two things in my eyes: (1) his screwing > up on the length of time he and the Beatles were in Rishikesh; and (2) his > claim about the output of music. I wasn't there, so I don't know how long he was there, so it's not for me to say. It did sound too long. I just assumed it was a hastily written statement, a sort of "catch up" to the various defamations which had taken place while he was out of touch in Greece (or wherever). But I do know the Beatles did compose a lot of great music after they left his influence, esp. solo works like Imagine. However the counterclaim could easily be made that their experience of TM, and perhaps Saraswati, continued to inspire their music for the rest of their lives!
