--- In [email protected], Louis McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I learned to meditiate I was 17. 1974. I learned to meditate in June of 74 and was asked to leave my parents home in October. My initiator and the many teachers in New York city became my safe haven if it was not for them I do not know where I would have ended up. Naybe you have heard these names Robert Kory, Bill Duke, Camile Marcus, Jay Marcus, Larry Gelber, Emily Quintana, Ana Zavala, Rose Phillips David Carter Brenda Carter these are the ones I easily remember.
I knew some in passing. I knew the governor teams that arrived in 77 on on LI and Westchester/Mt kisco much better. > Making sure that I meditated twice a day, making sure that I ate. > Making MIU so important that I did not mis a day of school. > Seeing Maharishi in Madison Square garden meditating with him, seeing Jerry Jarvitz Jarvis Jerry was my initiator. > meditating with him. All of these things helped me. When I arrived at MIU I knew I wanted to be there but I did not know what to expect. I thought I would be in silence the whole four years. I was into yoga Iyengar yoga. I was into learning vedica Astrology and I would wake the pod up every morning to the sounds of my chanting OM. What year did you arrive? > > I was a bit of a shock to MIU. Because I was the same age as everyone but different. SO they started working on me. First of all I was suprised to see other African American Students. Nujemi she was a big problem for trying to be in silence. I was working in the factory where my father had worked for 8 years so I had enough to buy my one way ticket. Mistake I bought it to Demoine. As luck would have it I spotted a woman on the plane who looked like she was going to MIU. She rented a car and she drove me to MIU. She was going to the wedding of Keith and Samantha. > > Soon I was working for Keith. In my mind I imagined that I was 108. Only I was not rich and did not get to be physically as close to MMY. However I got to know all of the big wigs of the movement early. Of course there were my favorites Like Charlie, Tom headly, Jenkins he taught me about being a diplomat. Mony Guild. When these guys took you under their wing it was big stuff. Yes, things could be quite supportive in those days. > Then I met Morris Schindler. THUMBS HALF WAY DOWN. Yet I used my time working in SOuth Falsberg New York to advance my personal evolution. I imagined that in order to be put in charge of a place like south falsberg one would have to be enlightened. So I never had sex with one of the women there. There were women living there on staff people coming on ATR and then the governors. OH MAN! So much god walking around and I never jumped in the water one time. > > I was afraid. Anyway I met John Konhaus and Sarah. Whenever I was being abused I would pray while I did whatever I had to do. So once I got a special job. John had me make him fresh apple juice every day. I was the only one who could handle his food. For me that was such an honor. I prayed over his food everyday. Also I served their table the top execs just as if I was serving the big M. I fell in love with Daksha, I got passed Rendy's shell. I got to know the decision makers. > > Wehn Larry Domash was President of MIU he was president in name only. The real President was Lenny Goldberg. He ran the school day to day.. Larry came one in a while. Steve Druker was a nut case. I liked Steve but he was nuts he once said that they could tell students anything and they would do it as long as it was told in the right way. That was not a good thing for me to hear. ALmost started on of the first real riots at MIU. Not my experience with Steve -- over several years. But you had a different experience, perhaps over a longer time with him. > > Susan Humphrey was really a very beautiful woman. The grand cook of Fuiggi. She was quite sweet. > I for a long time only saw her from the outside. I never saw the vulnerable part of her. Until my adopted grandmother came to School. Lillian Rosen. Lillian was tough. Amen. >When I saw her smack Susan right in the face POW! I saw a whole new Susan Humphrey I saw Susan human. She became more like a sister than a bigshot. > > Then the governors took over, the guard began to change. The whole movement became a lot less personal. Yes, 77-78 was a transition point for me. Things transitioned to something quite different from what I experienced 67-75 or so. And you seemed to have. The human, supportive, kind, smiling, open happy side of the TMO. And I was one of the first wave of govs. I got turned off by some things. > But before that happened there was the sexual revolution. Maharishi told the govs to get married and WOW! Sex something that was once taboo was now under bleachers, on the grass in cars you name it. > > I guess what I am trying to say is I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE MOVEMENT TO MAHARISHI to the whole system because it raised me. Of course there was a lot to get through race wise but I somehow managed to be above it. As I said Dennis gave me a piece of foam. I have been meditating 32 years. As far as I am concerned the technique works. There was someone who decided to expose the movement and Maharishi as fruads. Oneday I got the guy on the phone. I am not a guy who is pro new movement. But I appreciate the time I had. So for someone to put sacred info on the internet. I told him I thought he had a lot of nerve(used another word) I told him that I thought he was foolish. I said to incur the anger of Maharishi in that way was absolutely thoughtless. WHy not because of hurting Maharishi but the effect it would have on his life. > > He went on to say that his life had been the pits since he started this site. DAH! I asked if he thought that was accidental or perhaps even coincidence. I might make jokes about all kinds of things but never would I put mantras on the internet. > > I believe these are the kind of people who took over the movement. So I have not been involved with the new movement at all. As I said I believe there was a lot of constipated people invovled. But as I head toward the big 50 I still hold Maharishi as a great inspiration. > In 2002 I lived in Helsinki. When it was time to come back to Brasil, I did not know if I would be able to do so because I did not have money. Yet I had a life I had started in Brasil. I went to New Jersey. I stayed two weeks. It was nice to see my family, I loved New York as always, but after about two weeks I decided it was time to return to Brasil. When I arrived in Rio I had 5.00 in my pocket. Is Jim Hansen still there? He was a 108 MMY sent to Brazil at the end of 72. Last i heard, in the 80's he was still there. He asked me to come down and teach in mid 73. I wanted to and in retrospect, I decided to decline and to to the MA program starting up at MIU in SB. Mistake on my part. I thought it was a real academic program. Parts were. Parts were ridiculous. I miss not having taught in Brazil. >People thought I was nuts. I thought of Maharishi. Now is 2006......Jai Guru Dev I am very grateful to have been able to participate in something that would change the face of the world. 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