--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: <snip> > The classic example is the one-liner that even TBs laugh at, > because (except for a vocal and even more delusional few on > this forum who never spent *any* time around Maharishi) > they've all seen it, too. "How many have had this experience? > [Three hands go up in a room full of hundreds of people] See? > Almost everyone." IMO he really DID see a room full of > waving hands, because he believed that was what "should" have > happened. Therefore, for him, it really *did* happen.
FWIW, I saw a couple instances of this on videotape; the camera even scanned the audience, showing only a few hands. Then when Maharishi said, "See? Almost everyone," the audience laughed--and so did Maharishi. IMO, he knew exactly how many hands had gone up and was making a funny.
