Thanks t3, thanks for your thoroughness, wouldn't it be funny if it were MMY who actually did the puja painting, I suppose that is out of the question? He has been very interested in maintaining the use of this particular image.... Look at the name M T V Acharya - M(ahesh) T Varma? Well it's a thought....
--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> > 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/
