--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > 2 - the Beatles dumped him > > > > The greatest Guru he could find treated him like the clerk he was. > > The richest and most famous people on the planet saw him for what > > he was. > > > Paul McCartney on Maharishi > > Former Beatle Paul McCartney was the guest on The Charlie Rose Show > on PBS [US public broadcasting system] on Monday June 11, 2001. The > interview lasted 55 min. Charlie Rose's last question was "What do > you look forward to at this stage in your life?" > > Paul answered that he looked forward to enjoying life. He shifted > immediately into talking about meditation and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, > speaking of the value of the balancing and centering effects of > Transcendental Meditation --"it's always something you can come back > to". He spoke of how nice it was being with Maharishi in India in the > 60's, saying that Maharishi was the real thing, and that a lot of > teachers or gurus of that time were going around in Rolls Royces, > with actresses, but that Maharishi had done none of that. He added > that before the Beatles left India, Maharishi gave them signed copies > of his book [probably "The Science of Being and the Art of Living"], > which Paul indicated was full of wisdom. Paul spoke of his interest > in seeing what Maharishi had written "Radiate bliss consciousness. > ENJOY." > > Paul spoke of how important it was to enjoy one's life, and of his > trip to see Maharishi in Holland about 18 months ago. He said > Maharishi is now in his 80's, still working, and very vital and > lively. Paul's two children accompanied him. Before going in, they > were told that it wasn't possible to know how long the meeting would > last--it might be short if Maharishi was tired. The meeting lasted > over 4 hours. Paul's daughter asked him if she could shoot some > video; Maharishi said of course it was okay. Paul's daughter took the > camera, and asked: "What do you have to say to the camera, > Maharishi?" He laughed and said, "ENJOY!" > > Paul's comment on this to Charlie Rose was "Very consistent after 30 > years!". > > http://www.tm-ireland.org/news.htm
The following is a transcript of a portion of PBS' "Charlie Rose" Show from June 8, 2001 in which Paul McCartney talks about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi CHARLIE ROSE: "What do you look forward to now?" PAUL McCARTNEY: "I look forward to enjoying myself. It's one of the great things for me, it seems a bit sort of corny sometimes when people say that. But when years ago when we studied meditation with the Maharishi in India we had a real good time. And I always felt, it was a very valuable experience and it was a process that you could always go back to. if you're in a turmoil, it's a centering process that I like alot. And he gave us his book, the great wise man gave us his book. "Because he was one of the ones who wasn't a fake. There were alot of them around that time who were into Rolls Royces and chicks and he wasn't one of them. "He gave us his book and I looked to see what he would write besides putting his name in it. And he wrote about, he said: `radiate bliss consciousness'. Then at the end of it he just put: `enjoy'. "And I always thought that was really cool coming from him and I actually met him quite recently just a year and a half ago, I think. He lives in the Netherlands now and he is a spry old codger, he's in his 80s and he's still working and still spreading the message, he's still going. "And I took Stella, my daughter, and James, my son, with me and I said `would it be okay if we all came to see you' and they said `yeah, okay'. So we went in for a meeting with him and they said `we don't know how long you'll have. You know it could be over quite quickly, we don't know if he'll get tired quickly or whatever'. "In the end, it was four hours, we just sat chatting for four hours. We just had a good old time. "But before we went in, Stella said to me: `Dad, I've got my video camera, do you think I could shoot him with a video?' I said: `Well, I don't know. I don't know what the scene is here', I said,'but give it to me, I'll put it in my pocket and at the end of our session I'll just ask him'. She said `okay'. "Well, of course, the session came and Stella (indicates her nudging him) so I said: `Maharishi, would it be okay if we just shot a little bit of video?" And he giggled nad he said "yes, of course'. You know. "So I gave Stella the camera and she says: `Okay, Maharishi, what have you got to say for the camera?" "And he looks right in the camera, he says: "Enjoy'. "It's thirty years later, pretty consistent." 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/
