--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Lennon acknowledged that he reverted to drug taking after his > time at the Maharishi's Ashram, and though many of the songs on the > White Album were written in India, not the ones mentioned ('Helter > Skelter', 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' or 'Why Don't We do it in the > Road?') nor were many of the others, which were written during the > sessions. There were songs which were written in India which weren't > included on the White Album, amongst them some few that alluded to > TM, including 'Sour Milk Sea' (by George Harrison and recorded by > Jackie Lomax) & 'Child of Nature' (by John Lennon). There was > also 'Not Guilty' (George Harrisons lament 'Not Guilty for leading > you astray on the road to Mandalay, Not Guilty!'). >
I remember seeing Derek Taylor saying somewhere that Rishikesh was the most creative time in the Beatles history and that "only good" came out of their excursion in India. > > > --- In [email protected], anon_couscous_ff <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > <fairfieldlife@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > on 2/17/06 10:40 AM, markmeredith2002 at markmeredith@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Who tried to push the "revisionist" untruth that the > > > > >> Beatles were thrown out of MMY's ashram because they > > > > >> were doing drugs? > > > > > > > > > > The drug rationale has been around in the mov't for decades - > > > it's a > > > > > way for TBs to cope with the MMY-Beatles breakup, it doesn't > jibe > > > with > > > > > 95% of what people who were there say. Chopra apparently > heard > > > it > > > > > while in the mov't and passed it on at that time. How it got > > > into a > > > > > 2006 Indian article on the beatles is still a mystery to me? > > > > > > > > The Rishikesh unstressing stories from long rounders who had > done > > > drugs > > > > prior to the course are legendary. "Dear" Prudence Farrow was > one > > > of the > > > > most colorful. But until this week, I've never heard it said > that > > > the > > > > Beatles were doing drugs in Rishikesh. I've heard it said > > > explicitly many > > > > times that they were clean. > > > > > > > > > > I think it was Oral Roberts who complimented MMY for getting the > > > Beatles clean... > > > > Helter Skelter certainly sounds drug free. As does Happiness is a > Warm > > Gun (a recently used syringe if you go beyond the obvious sexual > > metaphor), and Lets Do It in the Road -- a clear tribute to the life > > in accord with the laws of nature. They stole that from the Shastras > > didn't they? > > > ------------------------ 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/
