--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > > The notion that the TMO was spied upon and > > > > > > infiltrated by the CIA doesn't strike me as > > > > > > all that unlikely, as I suggested in another > > > > > > post. It's just that if that were the case, > > > > > > it would have been for very different reasons > > > > > > than MMY imagined--either because the CIA > > > > > > thought MMY was teaching some paranormal > > > > > > technique that could be useful militarily, or > > > > > > because they thought the *TMO* was a front > > > > > > for spying or for communist activity of some > > > > > > kind. > > > > > > > > > > > > The CIA itself was pretty nutty and paranoid > > > > > > at the height of the Cold War. > > > > > > > > > > > > But that the CIA was intent on *persecuting* > > > > > > MMY and the TMO is a ludicrous idea. > > > > > > > > > > I agree with Judy, here. Probably the initial > > > > interest > > > > > from the CIA was two fold: a very large and > > > > popular > > > > > international organization and the possibility of > > > > some > > > > > supernatural abilities that could be exploited. I > > > > > think the CIA quickly discovered that the TMO was > > > > the > > > > > "gang that couldn't shoot straight" and that the > > > > > siddhis did not bring about anything that could be > > > > > utilized. > > > > > > > > Yup. Or it may have been a complete fantasy > > > > on MMY's part from the get-go. > > > > > > I think there must have been something to hang his > > > delusional hat on. I hope it wasn't pure paranoid > > > fantasy! > > > > You know, back in the early '70s, all us leftist young > > folks were constantly suspecting the CIA of tapping our > > phones, opening our mail, keeping files on us, > > sabotaging or infiltrating meetings and demonstrations, > > and so on and so on. As far as we were concerned, the > > CIA was an evil monster capable of anything and > > everything. Nobody was too unimportant for the CIA to > > keep in its sights. > > > > Of course the vast majority of the time (not *all* the > > time, however), we were just imagining things, but that > > was the prevailing ethos: the CIA was out to get us by > > any means possible. > > > > So I'd guess MMY didn't come up with the CIA notion all > > by himself. It's quite possible someone among his cadre > > suggested to him that some anomaly--innocent or otherwise-- > > was the result of CIA activity and delivered a rap about > > what a menace the CIA had become. > > > > Given his apparent general naivete about politics and > > international affairs, he would most likely not have > > questioned this account and would have adopted the > > paranoia whole hog. > > A German Purusha I know well was on a project somewhere in Africa. > One of Maharishis later secretaries took the liberty of opening some > letters that was going to be posted home to Germany. As it was, this > particular letter was a monthly report to his officer in the Secret > Service of Germany, widely believed to be controlled by the CIA. > Confronted by this, Maharishi asked the poor fellow by phone what he > wanted to do - go home or give up his spying-activities and remain in > the Movement. He choose the latter and Maharishi said "Good". It has > never been an issue since, and as far as I know he is still on > Purusha. >
It seems implausible that a spy organization would have its spies send unencoded letters back to HQ. OTOH,it seems implausible that Bush could have missed 9/11 even though Israeli students (intelligence officers?) knew about it far enough in advance to be filming it as it happened. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
