Kelly and I just saw him a few weeks ago at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. We were there helping to teach a course on Sacred Sex (www.artofbeing.com), and Deepak was there teaching a week seminar. I'd worked with him for a few months at MIU-CNL in DC back in 1984-85, and he had asked Maharishi if I could be his main assistant. M chose an Indian couple (Anju and Sushil) instead, which apparently didn't work out well at all.
In any case, Deepak recognized me, but did the "I'm a celebrity now and you don't have anything to offer me" courteous blow-off routine. Understandable, I suppose. But the simplicity and genuine caring that I felt in him back 20 years ago was completely absent. Sad... --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/12/05 12:43 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I am open, but for me, the jury is > >> still out as to > >> whether all is pure and pristine in Chopra land. > >> > >> But I like the guy's lectures, and some of his > >> books. > > > > The earlier ones were all ghost written by a guy on > > purusha! > > Huntley Dent. He left Purusha and continued writing Deepak books. I think > he's ghost written most of them, including the Merlin novel. He's a rich > dude now. He's nearly blind and has his monitor adjusted to make the type > really big. Reportedly he can hold a lot of information in his head and type > it out without having to see what's on his monitor all the time. > > I taught Deepak's intro TM course in the Cambridge center. Ted Weisman > initiated him. He was a bit skeptical at first but warmed up quickly. Ted > and I visited him at his house and later stayed in his parents' house in New > Delhi for two months during the Vedic Science conference. Deepak always > struck me as very sweet, unassuming, and good-hearted in those days. I think > fame and ambition may have gotten a grip on him. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
