--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a copy of the photograph that t3rinity is referring > to? It is to the left of MMY on page 53 of 'Thirty Years Around the > World'. It looks like the photo that the puja portrait was painted > from. An in-transit picture is at:- > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/sources/text/GuidingLight.htm
Paul, I can only say things as far as I remember. I am quite sure about the photo on page 53 (Thirty years around the world), because it was one of my favorate MMY pictures from the book. This whole book was done while I was in production, and I worked on it. There was another german guy in photography who had the original photos, and sombody who processed these photos, that is, airbrushed them. Bad parts would be substituted by other parts. There is one friend, who was then on Purusha, who mainly stayed in India, teaching and even giving TTC to Indians. He told me the story I am referring to, and also the thing about MMY's pastetime of coloring GD photos. So, he told me about the appearance, as he had visited these devotees, who, I think still had the original painting, as MMY left it there. He was after all on a long pilgrimage to south India, and wouldn't carry paintings around. I also recognize the painting in the book to be the Initiation photo, but I definitely remember the story, because it was this photo (of MMY with the painting) I really liked. As I remember the practise of heavily touching things up, it could easily be, that a badly visible painting was substituted by the airbrusher with the puja photo, that was maybe on some other photos of the same book. I know that this was also done with other photos. So, most probably the painting is not accurate. I also don't remember the exact location of the place where this happened, but it was before Tamil Nadu or Kerala, so it was either in Andhra Pradesh, or in Madhya Pradesh, I think in AP.There are hints in MMY's lectures, when he speaks about Kanyakumari and Guruvayur, like he got the 'message' from the Devi in the temple, and how it was confirmed at the famous Krishna temple in Kerala. I definitly remember that the GD inspiration (now, I don't know details how the 'vision' was) was news to me.I think in the tapes, MMY talks about the beginning of the movement, it is clear that it was some kind of process. (he doesn't speak of visions with regard to the gods here, but rather of 'inspiration' and 'confirmation' and the guidance of GD) 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/
