I personally knew Pat Ryan when he was a student in the 70s at MIU and on a 79 advanced rounding summer course. He was part of the artsy crowd, Jodi, Chester, etc., and I never, never got the impression that he had any negative TM-MIU attitudes. As a matter of fact, he was quite MMY-MIU-TM positive. His claim on TM-X that he was brainwashed by MIU recruiters to attend the college was total BS. He could have left anytime but chose to stay the full four years for a degree, during which time, whenever I saw him, was all smiles and never complained. Obviously, it was an event that occured after he left MIU that changed his mind. Mark
--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 <salsunshine@> > 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/
