Re "Seems a book just full of gossip. So what. I haven't read it. It is on my book shelf.":
How can you be a keen TMer and not have read Nancy's book? It's not gossip. She was actually there when the events she recounts took place. She belonged to the first wave of Americans who were attracted to MMY's message but she had already carved out a successful career for herself before he showed up. Those people always had the sense to stand up for themselves. It's the later arrivals who became "yes-men" to Maharishi who he then groomed to be his courtiers. He then had no time for independent thinkers like Nancy who were prepared to challenge him.
