Sal, I think I am running in different circles, so I haven't heard from or seen anyone here. I remember when Pat Ryan showed up at a big DC course around '88. I alway thought that was pretty ballsy! I did play some music for an old MIU friend's party this month, with all sidhas and governors but me and my girl and maybe one other non TM person. Seemed like people let bygones be bygones and just enjoyed the music which I really appreciated. It was the first time I had hung out at a sidha dominant gathering in 17 years. There were very few hardcore people, mostly family types, probably like the Fairfield mix you know. They even served wine and had a real hotdog option along with the juice and tofu so everyone had a good time. My GF, who had never met any TM people to her knowledge, thought the women were especially open and friendly and the men were very shy. I thought that was a funny observation. "All these middle aged, thin, shy men" was her comment. She has never hung out with any self-development type crowd. There were mostly people who knew me from my Center stint and only a few old MIU classmates. It was really nice to reconnect. Since I was not exactly in a position to report anyone, I got many an earful of how people had included other teachings into their lives but had to hide it from the hardcore types. I think it was mostly from posting here that I was encouraged to go. I'm glad I did, it filled in some gaps.
--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sort of in the middle for me--how's that for annoying ambiguity? :) > Really, I've always been a bit lazy about pronouncing it "Ma ha RI shi" > so I simply skip the second syllable, and use "Ma RI shi" instead. So > far, nobody's bothered to correct me--either they haven't picked up on > it, or, more likely, they figure it's hopeless. :) > > Never got into the "Muh HAAR shi" trip--now *that* sounded really > pretentious IMO (in a way, it's sort of the flip side of the Mahesh > label)--same thing with the Ayur Veda/Ved stuff, along with the > pundits/pandits spelling--my personal favorite at the moment. :) And > yeah, I do remember when the switch started--at the Taste of Utopia > Course (in 82, I think) and the first person who tried to "convert" me > to start talking like that seemed pretty much like a clueless > basket-case. > > Yep, we're cooking here, although June was pretty nice and the serious > heat didn't start until a few weeks ago. > > Seen any of the old crowd out there? > > Sal > > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 2:42 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Hey Sally, its been a while. So the real question is whether you use > > the affected "Mahaarshi" or the old school "Maharishi"! Remember when > > everyone started making that switch? Then they started with the Ayur > > Ved, instead of Ayur Veda. So many ways to sound special! Are you > > guys baking out there too? DC has been hot, hot, hot. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > >> > >> That's the way I feel and how I always refer to him in writing, > >> primarily (for moi anyway) I'm simply too lazy to type out Maharishi > >> each and every time, MMY is so much easier. In conversation I always > >> use Maharishi--it's the name that always comes to mind in connection > >> with him, it feels right, and I don't really care much how he got it. > >> > >> Sal > >> > >> > >> On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:19 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > >> > >>> o I am cool with MMY and it doesn't throw out an unnecessary FU to > >>> the people who still value him. > 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/
