Glad to hear that everyone was friendly and that you both had a good time. That's pretty much the way it is around here too, probably minus the tofu though. Never could get into that.
Sal
On Jul 27, 2006, at 4:39 PM, curtisdeltablues 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 <[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.
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