--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > on 12/26/05 6:55 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > *********** > > > > > > Prez Carter (he of the faith-healing sister who was himself an > > > evangelical Christian: http://www.alternet.org/story/18378/ ) was > > > clearly an enemy of the TMO, so it's not much of a stretch to > > > understand that he probably ordered the CIA to keep an eye on or > > > destabilize the movement -- the CIA does what the Prez wants, > from > > > invading Cuba in the Bay of Pigs to destabilizing Chile, and > > > Carter's animus towards the TMO is documented well enough in his > > > meeting with Maharishi in the Georgia governor's office. > > > > According to Dr. Margaret Brenman-Gibson, who had a close friend > in Carter's > > inner circle, he vowed privately while campaigning that if > elected, he would > > do everything in his power to thwart the TMO. Margaret was married > to the > > playwright William Gibson (The Miracle Worker) and was a > psychiatrist who > > often spoke at TM conferences in the 70's. > > > > *************** > > Gibson wrote that book "A season in Heaven" about his experiences on > a TM teacher course: > > http://www-tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_095/TECH_V095_S0087_P008.txt > > A Season in Heaven, William Gibson, > Atheneum, 1974, 182 pages, $6.95 > > > "William Gibson subtitles his work, > "being the log of an expedition after that > legendary beast, cosmic consciousness," > Within that subtitle lie both the strength > and the weakness of the book. > A Season in Heaven is well described > as a log. It is a thorough description of > the events, and more importantly of > Gibson's reflections on those events, > during his stay at Maharishi International > University in Spain. He had come to > Spain with his 'family to' visit his son > studying Transcendental Meditation under > the Maharishi; and he decided to stay and > study himself." >
...read it about 25 years ago and enjoyed it...thought it to be the best TM book I've ever read... ------------------------ 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/
