My recollection is that Chopra moved to California nearly a year before he went on Oprah (I recall talking to his assistant out there -the Lancaster Ayurveda Center gave me the number). The letter was not read at MY TM center until after Chopra went on Oprah to promote a new book that had nothing to do with TM. This was nearly a year after Chopra had made his move, and until he went on Oprah, TM centers DID sell his books.
Chopra was selling a version of Quantum Healing with a "letter to my meditating friends" prior to that, but the versions of his book that were re-released when Chopra went on Oprah were all substantially edited into the form they are now. The only exception is _Return of the Rishi_ which still has a dedication to MMY. Coincidentally, _Return of the RIshi_ is not sold on Chopra's website, though you can get selected audio readings of it. L --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Chopra re-wrote those books because the Movement made him a pariah. I know > some people who worked with Chopra in those days, I also was shown the letter > the Movement sent to all the TM centers immediately after Chopra went out on > his own by a friend who was the Center chairman of the Columbia SC TM center > at the time. > > The letter stated that Chopra books were not to be sold at the Centers > anymore, the centers were not to even HAVE any of Chopra's books on the > premises, Chopra was not to be talked about at the centers during any intro, > prep or advanced lectures. And this was when his books were full of > references to TM. > > Some of the people who were with Chopra in those days, and my daughter's > mother who is a Primordial Sound Meditation instructor, and who has talked > about this with Chopra told me that Chopra initially wanted to have his > center, what became the Chopra Center for Well Being, recommend and teach TM > and ayurveda, with the Movement supplying the TM teachers and ayurvedic > vadjyas. But Marshy would have none of it, and directed the letter be sent to > all TM Centers. > > In my opinion it was the same kind of spiteful, vindictive bs that Marshy did > when he directed the community of Heavenly Mountain could no longer do > business there, it was only for Purusha and retired people - he did this in > response to Earl Kaplan cutting of the funds, and M retaliated by making sure > the business people who were supporting the community would leave. Some > enlightened master. And Rick wonders why I call the old goat a fraud. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: sparaig <LEnglish5@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:36 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi > > > > Â > Well, he rewrote _Quantum Healing_, which was originally about the Primordial > Sound Technique, which has nothing to do with Primordial Sound Meditation, to > make it all about the latter. While he was at it, he deleted all references > to Maharishi, and how Maharishi had taught him the Primordial Sound Technique > and how to teach it, and actually asked him to write the book _Quantum > Healing_ in order to explain how it might work, but other than minor details > like that, yes, Chopra is quite honest about it... > > L > > --- In [email protected], srijau@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Chopra has made it very clear he would be nothing without Maharishi, there > > would certainly have been no primordial sound meditation. > > At least he is honest about it unlike certain others. > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/the-maharishi-years-the-u_b_86412.html > > >
