--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <geezerfreak@...> wrote: > > I was around when the first sutra/"flying" attempts were made. We were all > sitting in chairs in a circle...there was no sitting on foam mats at that > time. (This was in one of the hotels around Lake Lucern....I forget which > now.) This would have been probably late 1975. > > I've mentioned this before since its one of my favorite recollections from > that time, but I'll trot it out one more time: > We would meet every day at the appointed time, meditate and then run the > sutras, finishing with the "flying" sutra. After 3 or 4 days of nothing, my > inner comic finally perked up and I rigged up a device made from a coat > hanger that would fit into my tie. I could then manipulate the rising of my > tie with one finger of my right hand (which was cupped in my left in classic > "hands in lap" mode.) > > Several minutes before we were to come out I pulled my right index finger, > and like magic, my tie gently lifted up and floated in front of me. I was > even able to give the tie a little quivering motion, like it was "struggling" > to stay in a levitated state. > > I kept my eyes closed while people slowly began coming out. I would hear a > gasp to my left, then a gasp to my right...then more people apparently poking > each other and pointing. For a minute or so, the group, having meditated for > 1/2 hour in the midst of a deep rounding anyway, followed by > sutras.....thought they were witnessing the true dawn of a new age. I was > doing everything I could to remain calm and keep my eyes closed. But when I > heard one of my buddies start to chuckle I lost it. > > Tellingly, about 1/4 of the group thought it was hilarious. The rest were > horrified and made it clear that this enlightenment business was NO laughing > matter. I think that was probably the moment that the first real crack in my > belief system started.
Who was the first to - ahem - fly ? Was eventual TM Sidhi administrator Gregg Wilson (husband of Georgina), the first?
