Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

[Vaj]

On Mar 3, 2006, at 4:15 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote: click on:       The long and winding road to Rishikesh Nice article. I have met a few famous people in my  life, and Paul's reminiscences capture the secret of being around them successfully -- you just treat them like people, not celebrities. People who *are* celebrities develop a pretty highly tuned bullshit detector and "user" detector; they're very aware of people who are trying to piggyback off of their fame and benefit from it.  Forget the Mia Farrow stuff...if Maharishi had just  treated them like human beings instead of as a resource  that he had the right to exploit to sell his products,  they'd probably still be around, helping out willingly. That's just what friends do for friends; it's *not* what celebrities do for their groupies. A friend who was on this course said he was creeped out by the fact that even though he was already an established meditator, Maharishi kept trying to convince him to switch to "his brand". That really bothered him, esp. since he felt he was using psychic powers/siddhis to sway people--he would know what you were thinking and use that. One can't help but wonder if a similar approach was used on the Beatles. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.