on 2/11/06 6:04 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > > SOme might have enjoyed being with MMY if he was there, and others > might have attempted to figure out just what was supposed to be so > special about that particular boat ride. Still others might like boat > rides, period.
I was on plenty of those boat rides. One time I was in the back of Maharishi's car as we were driving up to the dock. There was a big crowd hoping to be invited onto the boat. Maharishi said to Jacques Verlinde, his driver and secretary, "Make them go away. They can't all come and it's hard for me to exclude any of them." (Or something to that effect.) Of course, Jacques couldn't make them go away, but somehow a boatload of people was selected. This was always in the wintertime, because in the summer we were up in the mountains, and in the winter, down on Lake Lucerne. And it was often at night. I still flash back to those boat rides and cringe when I imagine what would have happened if a boat had capsized. They were always filled beyond capacity, with water lapping at the gunwales, and sometimes the lake was choppy. Of course, the water was freezing and AFAIK there were no lifejackets, or I don't remember any being accessible. If you were in the front of the boat, near Maharishi, you could hear what was going on. Sometimes interesting, but often some boring working session with Geoffrey Clements. But if you were more than a few rows back, you sat there and tried to stay warm. Sometimes more than one boat was hired and the other ones would just hover around near Maharishi's boat. ------------------------ 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/
