--- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <reavismarek@...> wrote: > > The "governor" training course I took was at MIU in the summer of '78. It was > a small course of only 12 guys. We lived in one of the "high rise" dorms and > our course leaders were Greg and Georgina Wilson. They used to come visit us > in the afternoons in the foam room where we would meet each day. We were the > only course happening on campus at that time and we were isolated from the > rest of whatever else was going on at the time. But school was on summer > break and there wasn't much, if anything, happening elsewhere on campus. > > We met in the foam room on the second or third floor of our dorm long before > we got the flying sutra and one afternoon as we were sitting around and doing > whatever we were doing we saw through the big windows of the foam room Greg > and Georgina walking across campus to visit our little group. We knew nothing > about what the "flying" technique was actually about at that point, but > someone had the idea that we'd all start yelling and hopping when Greg and > Georgina came in. > > And that's what we did. And the expressions on their faces was really > something. They were visibly startled and nonplussed. Here we were, only a > couple of weeks into the "siddhis" and, inexplicably, we were demonstrating > what is still apparently the end result of the most powerful and refined of > the techniques authored by Maharishi. > > If I remember correctly, Georgina turned around and immediately left the > room. Greg stayed for a moment, then left for a few minutes, and then they > both came back in and very sternly admonished us to never do anything like > that again. Of course, that warning was rescinded once we got the last sutra > and were encouraged to hop. > > The whole thing is funny now, but I admire the earnestness we had, even if I > cringe a bit at our naïveté and willingness to be led down such a wacky and > ultimately indulgent path. > > *** > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > That was totally hilarious! They did everything but claim that they were > > saving the world with their hopping like toads. They even mentioned the > > same sutra. The same bliss talk, really like a parallel universe. > > Excellent find. > > > > But remember, their hopping is not the real hopping. It just sounds the > > same when they describe it and looks the same, but deep down inside, it is > > not dome-worthy, official version. We just know it! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], pranamoocher <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Did anyone else see this video on YouTube, titled "Art of Levitation > > > Unleashed by Nithyananda?" > > > It looks like a direct copy of the TMO levitation technique, complete > > > with skinny, flexible, lotus-sitting "hopping" and shaking about, with > > > an Indian voice narrative that is very OOGA BOOGA sounding. > > > > > > The video also goes into some details re other "Samana" practices. > > > http://youtu.be/K78t2-W2jag > > >
Whoa! Those mattresses seem quite thin... :0 >
