ffia1120, Did they pick you up in a limo at the airport when you went to to get your Chopra technique? Nice touch. That was really a funny move on MMY's part letting him teach techniques without a puja. He did a long induction first with my eyes closed, I remember that. It was a mix of techniques like a yardsale package. Some A of E technique, a nightime technique and a magic word for health. After leaving the movement I felt it was particularly sketchy selling a magic word for your health cloaked in the respectability of a doctor's office. They say "don't tempt an honest man". When Chopra saw us all lining up with our fists full of dollars (I remember it had to be in cash) he must have thought to himself, "Popa needs a new pair of shoes!"
I think Chopra's story was a way of distancing himself from his association with MMY. Making it seem like he got techniques from the Shankaracharya was like padding his resume. He blew his own cover by being too specific about how he did the techniques. --- In [email protected], ffia1120 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm.. I don't know what he was doing (besides practicing medicine) > prior to joining MMY. Sounds though, like he is either lying or has > his timeline messed up/confused. I met him before he got too involved > with the TMO and he was a very honest, ethical person back then. But > the TMO has been known to corrupt a person or two. ;-) (P.S. I got a > technique in his Stoneham office back in '86 or '87, too. I cannot > for the life of me remember what it was, though. Oh the wonders of > the aging brain.) > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], ffia1120 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I believe Chopra hooked up with MMY in 1985 or '86. Certainly not > > > before that. He was working at a Mormon hospital in the Boston > area > > > before he got invloved with the TMO. > > > > So he was practicing a technique like the sidhis before he met MMY? > > See my timeline problem with his story? He was selling MMY's Chopra > > technique by '87. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He claimed to > have > > > > learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the > > > > Shankaracharya in 1980. His claim poses some interesting time > line > > > > issues. Is he describing his experience with MMY on a sidhi > > > course? > > > > He mixes up a few different techniques in his description, some > > > > virtues sutras, some A of E technique, which he sold to me > right in > > > > his doctor's office in Stonham Mass for $700 in around '87, and > some > > > > other forgiveness techniques common in new age seminars. Could > any > > > of > > > > this be true? Was he with MMY in 80? > > > > > > > > His magic bird attraction story also has problems for me. > Holding > > > out > > > > food to tame birds makes them come to you for the food. > Without the > > > > food he would have an unusual story. With the food you've got > > > > nothing. He shifted the story to make it sound like magic at > first. > > > > He claims that after the three week course with the > > > Shankaracharya , > > > > he would see a bird on a tree and have the intention for it to > come > > > to > > > > him and it would. Later he mentions using grain or nuts to feed > the > > > > birds. I'm guessing he fed some parrots nuts, most birds can't > eat > > > > them, and some pigeons grain, most birds don't want grain but > > > pigeons > > > > love millet. Or just made the whole nonsense up start to > finish. > > > > > > > > Wanna know a surefire way to tell if Chopra is lying? Watch > his > > > lips, > > > > if they are moving, bingo! > > > > > > 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/
