--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > Thank you, w. The best time to have written it would have been in the late > seventies or early eighties. It's so long, now, much of it is lost. But I > hear you and one never knows. > > On Jul 23, 2011, at 2:05 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > Mark, if you reconsider and decide to write that book (maybe a few of you > > should get together, brainstorm your memories and get the thing written) > > that would be of interest to many of of us. - I think it would sell and not > > just to TM'ers. If you don't do the book, I for one would be delighted to > > read more of these memories and stories. You have a wonderfully thoughtful > > way of writing about them, including the ambiguity. > > > > If you care to answer any or all - > > > > Were you there when the spaceship supposedly landed in Mallorca and MMY was > > driven to the beach and got on for a while? If so, what hapened? I was on > > TCC there then (Fall 1971 and early winter of 1972 til the move to Fiuggi) > > but not up that late at night. > > > No, I heard about that but was, like you, a TTC participant then. Is there > anyone one else here who was in the Karina? If so, I have a question I'd > love to ask you. > > You say you saw angels, devas. Did you ever see anything on a subtle level > > that indicated that MMY was not on his best behavior or had an entirely > > human side as well? (ie did his energy change or darken) > > > Absolutely. And not only on the subtle. I've already answered this > obliquely regarding his sexual frustration, but it also occurred with his sex > and other things. He definitely waxed and waned. There were times, one the > most shocking of all, when I was really shaken by how he looked--shrunken, > wasted, dark and with basically no energy. He had a large darker splotch on > his cheek that he always covered with makeup and had even neglected to do > that. But he always recovered very quickly. > > How did Maharishi chose you as skin boy? > > > Oh, this... After the 108 group was formed, M decided to have the skin boys > be 108s. As I said, Anthony Jobbe was skin boy before me and M really liked > him but he was left behind in America when we left to start using Seelisberg > because he was misrepresenting himself regarding his financial situation. > John Mortenson, me and M flew to Switzerland. John had priority over me > because I had taken a few months to teach TM, because I felt I wanted that > experience, after the 108 course at Lake Tahoe. It's also possible John did > some of that while I was teaching TM. But when I reconnected with M, Anthony > was doing it by himself. So he started carrying the skin. But after a very > short time, maybe a week or two, Maharishi said, "You be on the buzzer," to > me. The buzzer went from his bedroom to the room nearby where the skin boy > slept. So I replied, "But, M, if I am to do that I have to sleep in the room > John is in." "Yes," he said, "sleep in that room." So I had to go and tell > John, John checked back with M to make sure and left for Hawaii the next day. > So I started knowing absolutely nothing. The first morning on the job, M > buzzed me and said "I need a dhoti." I had not even gone through his things > and, in my flustered haste, brought a sheet to his room, put it down for him > and left. Two minutes later, he buzzed and said, "No, I need a DHOTI." This > time I was more careful and brought him what he wanted. > > Was there any talk among the inner circle staff about doubts and concerns > > (especially when people got burned out and decided to leave), suspicions > > about meetings with Judith? Or were you all so heavily drugged by the bliss? > > > No, but it wasn't because we were heavily drugged by bliss. In my case, it > was because it was an internal process that I kept to myself. And no one > ever approached me to talk about it. > > What was the single most powerful experience you had in your time around > > MMY? > > > I really can't give you one. There were two categories, when I was rounding > my brains out, all kinds of things happened. And when M cranked out the > darshan to his most extraordinary levels. > > Were you around to see the introduction of the siddhis? If so, how did that > > come about from your perspective? > > > No, I came back from trying to do stuff at the UN to participate in the > second six month course. > > Do you still do TM? > > > No. I sit and be with whatever arises. Usually, after a while, it all > subsides and I am in some form of samadhi. Usually, the time being with > what's arising exceeds the time in samadhi. > > Was it worth it, the growth and bliss versus the lengthy process of > > disillusionment of your dreams? > > > Absolutely. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, unless, of course, I > could have been with Guru Dev or a "truer" master. >
Thank you.
