I particularly recall Charlie being upset by the movement raising the
price of TM to $400 (or it might have been even the hike to $128). He
said since we were in a recession this was a bad business move. And
indeed it resulted in fewer initiations. I missed the heyday where
those who became teachers in the early 70s did 100s or even 1000s of
initiations. By the time I became a teacher you would get a small group
in for the intro lecture and a few of those would come back for the prep
lecture including some who had heard the intro another time. Then a few
of those would sign up. By then many of the teachers who had experience
the larger classes needed to take jobs to survive.
As for things like the stambhan (the ferry captain staring into space)
that has been mentioned in books and talked about here and it was one of
his favorite tales as Charlie weekend gatherings which I always
attended. In Seattle there would be as many 400 people attending those
and often included catered dinners. The SRM center was still a favorite
hangout for many TM'ers who weren't so keen on the scientific approach
and liked the more spiritual stuff. Marie Connors ran it out of her
house and we had interesting group sessions. I believe she set up the
Charlie Lutes lectures too.
Charlie became sorta "persona non grata" with the TMO later in the 70s.
BTW, in 1978 Seattle and the state of Washington had a big influx of
teachers to as some kind of AE thing. Groups of governors were
dispatched to communities around the state (where they almost starved to
death because they didn't have money for food). Maharishi actually snuck
into Seattle late in the summer for a big meeting. It was very secret
because I went to the Center for the teachers meeting and no one was
there. My house mate was not at home either so I inquired to some
friends (also teachers) as to where he was. They had not left for the
meeting with Maharishi which was being held at the Olympic hotel but
told me what was up. This was all kept secret because the TMO feared he
would be served with a subpoena due to the religious case going on. I
left the ballroom and called some dear friends to let them know to come
down to the Olympic to see MMY. Other teachers were doing the same.
BTW, MMY was chatting on stage with Rabbi Levine, the uncle of a long
time family friend of mine.
I was not yet a governor though I had completed a phase or two of the
Sidhis by being on a Citizens course which were also thrown open to
teachers who didn't have time for a long course. But I was allowed into
the meeting with MMY on Monday morning at a hall near the Seattle TM center.
On 02/06/2014 12:09 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
Please tell more about both these things: (Charlie's stories I mean)
I also muse at the stories even heard personally from Charlie Lutes
about MMY's used of stambhan (actually not very hard to do).
The real mistake was the profiteering of TM which Charlie expressed
concerns about at our teacher's meetings with him.
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On Thu, 2/6/14, Bhairitu <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014, 8:04 PM
FWIW, I believe
that MMY was once asked
what happened if a crook became enlightened and he
responded they
would become an enlightened crook. My tantra
guru samskaras don't
necessarily all burn away with enlightenment.
That's the deeper
meaning of "chopping wood and carrying
water."
When I was around MMY he did indeed illicit a great
amount of
shakti and I could easily see the celestial glow
around. He would
have been a pretty lousy monk to not have achieved
some
enlightenment during his years at the math. I
also muse at the
stories even heard personally from Charlie Lutes about
MMY's used
of stambhan (actually not very hard to do).
The real mistake was the profiteering of TM which
Charlie
expressed concerns about at our teacher's meetings
with him.
On 02/06/2014 10:59 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
Everyone says Marshy never claimed to be
enlightened,
yet -
"Maharishi said
that the walls of this celebrated
building--set in a
perfect Vastu garden with fountains and
flowers and
the flags of all the countries--in no way enclose his
unbounded cosmic awareness,
allowing him to
focus and infuse Brahmi Chetana--the light
of Total
Knowledge--into the life of every nation
and the
destiny of the human race at this very
crucial time of
global transformation."
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=1181073654230287
