--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (snip) > > > > on 9/5/06 11:49 AM, shempmcgurk at shempmcgurk@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> >Maharishi has publicly claimed that he is capable of > > > levitating. > > > > > > > > > He has? I never heard that. > > > > > > > Oh, yes. He most definitely did. > > > > > > It was on the "Dick Cavett Show" of the '70s. and he said can > you > > > levitate. And Maharishi responded "yes". Then Cavett asked him > to > > > show him and Maharishi responded "it's not for me to do but for > you > > > to do" (this is paraphrased as I am going on memory from almost > 30 > > > years ago). > > > > > > Does anyone else remember seeing this show and, if so, do you > > > remember it like I did? > > (Detail, details, details...) > In thinking back more, I recall that Cavett said to Maharishi, after > asking him to levitate for him, and Maharishi refused, he said: > "You mean you can't levitate, or you won't meditate, which is it?". > Whereas, Maharishi responded by saying he was here to teach the > thing, not to levitate himself... > Then Cavett asked again: "Does that mean you can't levitate, > yourself?" > Whereas Maharishi avoided the question, and Cavett was remarking how > rested Maharishi appeared having just flown in to New York, from > Japan, and began adjusting the mic which was clipped to Maharishi's > Dhoti, and it became rather annoying to see Cavett manhandling > Maharishi, with his mic and everything. > I don't think MMY appeared again on any American TV show...after the > Cavett experience... > R.G. >
One thing to keep in mind about this and all other appearances of MMY on TV: He was there to advertise a product. Specifically Yogic FLying, but more generally, the spiritual regeneration of the planet. What matter a little hedging of the language in THAT context? He had and has a blief about these things, and is quite willing to stretch the facts in order to attract attention to his cause, especially since he believes that eventually what he says WILL be reality, even if currently, levitation only means bouncing on one's buttocks. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
