But lest we forget, The Beatles had already proven themselves extremely good and powerful allies to MMY. Remember how in September/October 1967 George Harrison & John Lennon tried their damnedest to defend MMY and his teachings & whilst doing so proved they had a very full grasp on their subject? (The audio files of these shows make very instructive listening.)
But whatever stresses John Lennon suffered at the time, (marital friction, Yoko Ono writing him odd letters, peer pressure to 'turn on', entourage pressure to get back home, misunderstandings and disputes about the making of the movie,,,,, Robert Stigwood interested in managing The Beatles!.... whatever!! ..), John was still the undisputed leader of the world's most successful pop group ever, and if he had wanted to stay with MMY, he most certainly would have done so! Having spent several weeks with MMY in India John finally got the idea to challenge MMY on his own turf - i.e. in the area of consciousness, and it appears that MMY was found lacking, not as cosmically conscious as John Lennon had been led to believe. (I really applaud John for his balls to stand up to MMY). It is all too obvious that John wanted spiritual gifts such as he had found discussed in 'Autobiography of a Yogi', but it became all too apparent that MMY was in no position to grant such boons, so John quit ..... & later was shot by Chapman who had convinced himself that his idol did not exemplify higher awareness. Ironic or what? Oh, enough already, enough of the R G bhajee..... --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/20/06 12:58:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Your question was whether John Lennon might have been right, after > all, when he suggested that he had been made a fool of. > It is a good question and on reflection and seeing how the topic is > now about whether or not the bungalow was grand (by local standards > it most certainly was) or whether there was a helipad (there was a > landing spot closeby 'Mararshi' kutir'). > Really Lennon was 'unstressing'Really Lennon was 'unstressing'<WBR>, as > looking for targets for his rage against Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who > he felt had overstretched himself in teaching about a state of cosmic > consciousness, yet apparently not even understand why John Lennon > wanted out. > > > > Personally, I had to question what John was saying based upon the comment > about the CIA guy, who I think he was referring to Charlie as and the cost or > opulence of M's house which he grossly exaggerated. I just wondered how much > else was just "unstressing" or bitterness about feeling duped and an attempt > at getting even. I had heard the rumor that because the Beatles manager had > just died a few months earlier and somebody else was trying to take his place > that this new manager, wanted them back in London cutting records and making > money instead of taking a long vacation. Supposedly he was responsible for > some of the rumors that were circulating designed to disillusions the Beatles > and get them to leave. I have no idea if that was true , but it certainly > makes since. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
