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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > The gal that wrote this article should really have talked to a few of the > > skin boys first. > > > > > > I think she has. She is working a different story in the article that is > more contemporary. There are different elements to the larger TM story but > what she is writing about in the confines of a magazine article is certainly > valid. Other journalists coming along are working other elements. It's all > very interesting human nature material that evidently will get told > eventually in pieces. > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 11:46 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back > > > > > > Â > > One of the more concise histories of TM written: > > > > "From the moment that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived at the Honolulu airport > > in 1958, wearing robes, his ambition was to make Transcendental Meditation > > a global practice. He had been traveling across India for a few years, > > spreading the notion that meditation wasn't just for monks and yogis but > > instead could be simplified for the masses. He would soon seize on a > > generation of young people's desires to recreate the nirvana of > > hallucinogenic drugs and to live meaningful lives. In 1967, the Beatles met > > Maharishi, and he quickly became their spiritual adviser. Life magazine > > declared 1968 "the Year of the Guru," with photographs of Maharishi. By > > 1977, a Gallup poll reported that 4 percent of Americans said they > > practiced T.M. > > > > But then things got murky, and questions about the cult of personality > > grew. The Beatles left Maharishi's ashram in a huff. Maharishi intensified > > his focus on a "world plan" to create peace through what he called the > > "Maharishi Effect," in which 1 percent of the square root of the world > > population would meditate and radiate positivity. By the late 1970s, he had > > told his followers that they should practice more advanced, and more > > expensive, meditation techniques that took about two hours a day and could > > result in superhuman powers â" the strength of an elephant and the ability > > to levitate. > > > > By the 1980s, only a devout base remained dedicated to the world plan, and > > many of them settled in a small community in a corner of southern Iowa. > > Deepak Chopra, who worked for the Maharishi at the time, told me, "I > > started to be uncomfortable with what I sensed was a cultish atmosphere > > around Maharishi." Soon, Maharishi stopped making public appearances, > > spending his time in an isolated compound in the Netherlands. He named a > > Lebanese neuroscientist as his successor, giving him the ceremonial name > > and title Majaraja Adiraj Rajaraam, the First Ruler of the Global Country > > of World Peace. He had given him his weight in gold." > > > > Article at The New York Times here: > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/david-lynch-transcendental-meditation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 > > >
