Curtis, No, I did not get picked up in a limo at the airport. I was invited (along with some other TMers) to his daughter's Indian dance recital - - can't remember what it's called - kind of like a coming out dance recital(?) - and I drove to his office the following day. It was '87.
Your description of the techniques I can no longer remember sounds familiar, though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 <no_reply@> 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 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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/
