I wish the stringer was around when i was on purusha! --- Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Toni - Posted: 03-26-2005 09:04 AM Post subject: > From private messages twixt former TM groupies > > So, a circus story for you follows ... devout > celibate bramacharya (monk) that you were: > > There was a 'stringer' (she put together the > spiritual necklaces) at Crest Jewel who tried to bed > as many 108/bramacharyas/ purusha boys as she could. > She had a special strand of linked rudraksha beads, > one bead per celibate she'd bedded. Back in 1980, > she had over 50 beads on her special strand, before > she was 30 years old herself. The beads linked in > silver, wrapped around her wrist - her badge of > sexual superiority over Mahesh's celibate control. > Bevan was her goal. I don't know if she ever made > it. > > Someone else used to have phone sex with Bevan > Morris (for the lurkers, he's one of the devoted > monk-like leaders at top). Bevan used to call her > from all over the world. > > Martin - Posted: 03-26-2005 01:08 PM Post subject: > of snakes and oil and salesmen and punters > > Love the story about the stringer. I wonder if > Mahesh kept track of the women he bedded. I noticed > when I was in Seelisberg that he stopped wearing the > string of coral on gold wire with the medallion of > Guru Dev (I think Shiva was on the other side ... > Mahesh means Shiva). Was he too ashamed? Doubtful. > The bedding had gone on since the early 60's. > Probably someone nicked it. He played a wire > recording of Guru Dev one evening and later we heard > somone had nicked the wire recordings. At least one > of them is not available on the Internet. > > Bevan and phone sex sounds about right. Who'd have > him really? Well, I suppose we both know the > blissninnies who would. > > For lurkers: "bliss ninny" is a tm term from the > early days and indicated the idiotic types who > assumed they were blissful and highly evolved. They > were sort of faries, after a fashion, tm > enlightenment faries. They were disgusting, > pretentious and really gave the "movement" a bad > name. > > They were, in Mahesh's own words, moodmakers. Later > he discovered that actually selling moodmaking > brought in heaps of cash. > > There were also quite sensible, good people around > him. They were great to be around and could actually > be trusted if you had a problem. Since Mahesh didn't > like problems, you had to be sure he didn't find out > you had a problem. It kept everyone in line on the > surface, superficial level and contributed to a tm > underground of sorts. I spent quite a few evenings > with Mahesh Bashers in Seelisberg. Since we all had > evil stories to tell, we knew we could trust one > another because we couln't grass on one another. > > So I picked up quite a bit. But even we, then, at > that time, there, didn't know about Mahesh screwing > the faithful women -- we didn't know and yet, night > after night, there were always a few women who > paraded out of the lecture hall and followed him to > his room. > > Must have been highly confidential Organization > business. At least that's what we rationalized. Even > the worst of the Mahesh Bashers never brought it up. > > > Delusional thinking plays a big role in cult > maintenance. At some point the bubble breaks for > someone. So, like Abraham Lincoln said: you can fool > some of the people some of the time and some of the > people all of the time, but you can't fool all of > the people all of the time. > > M > > Toni - Posted: 07-17-2005 02:24 PM Post subject: A > Tale of Two Gurus > > Petrick contrasts Amma's down-to-earth mission of > helping the poor with Maharishi's promises of world > peace and supernatural powers like levitation. > > "There's no pie in the sky with her," he said. > > The upper ranks of the TM movement are filled with > "excellencies" and "highnesses." For $1 million, you > can take a course that entitles you to become a > "raja," or king, in the Global Country of World > Peace. And every so often, you can see white stretch > limousines driving around Fairfield with the Global > Country's golden flag fluttering in the breeze. > > It should surprise no one that such airs of royalty > don't go over well in America -- which, after all, > fought a revolution to get rid of its monarchy. > > But they also contrast sharply with the tales of > humility told by Amma's admirers, who say she's been > known to carry bricks on her head and jump into > sewers to work alongside her followers. > > "She teaches by example, I think, that we're all > created equal and that you don't have the big > important people and the little peons," said Archer. > > > Amma's humanitarian efforts -- building homes for > the poor, funding hospitals, coordinating tsunami > relief -- contrast just as sharply with the TM > movement's fundraising campaigns, which promise > world peace but never seem to make a concrete > impact. The latest TM campaign is an effort to build > 3,000 "peace palaces" around the world, with a price > tag of $3 million each. The total is a staggering $9 > billion -- which could build a lot of hospitals. > > Faced with a choice between an organization that > builds homes for the poor and one that builds > palaces, it's no wonder many people would rather > give their money to the former. > > If Maharishi's organization dropped some of its > airs, it would be less likely to lose followers to > Amma or any other guru. > > The TM movement can crown all the kings and build > all the palaces it wants, but it could still learn a > thing or two from a humble Indian woman who travels > around the world giving hugs. > > Rose - Posted: 05-18-2006 02:43 PM Post subject: > a thousand heads > > OH, I also want to comment on something that Toni > said in an earlier post about a lady who made it her > goal to boink the many-headed Purusha guys. (wrong > head). That made me laugh so hard! For those who are > just lurking, that is a name given to the celibate > branch of TM. Yes, they don't tell you about that at > an introductory lecture, either! Later it is > revealed to you that if you want to get anywhere in > your path to enlightenment, you really need to > become celibate. It was quite hard on the men who > had led healthy vital sex lives before. > > Basically, I think it got them so twisted in their > own sexual frustrations that they didn't have the > hormonal stability to ask 'why am I rounding for 8 > hours a day and paying for the privilege?' According > to the previous poster Martin, that is Mahesh's > goal! Only the distempered freak can serve him with > no questions asked. > > Most of the women I talked to had it as a goal to > nail a Purusha or two. I'm not kidding! We figured > they were ripe meat, and of course the purpose of a > female in the movement is to marry a Governor and > nothing lower in status will do! Since most of the > governors were away on courses or off doing Mahesh's > bidding if a group came to town for one of those > 7000 thingamajigs it was like a feeding frenzy. > > Toni - Posted: 05-18-2006 11:02 PM Post subject: > Re: here come the clones > > It's about the money, honey! > > "Householders" do things like buy houses, have > children, school expenses. That's less money for > advanced courses, advanced techniques, etc. The > successful could have marriages, as long as the > marriages supported enlightenment. > > Oh, but M fixed that problem.. private schools for > the kids, and stapthya vedic arhcitecture, Ayurvedic > products for the whole family. bladdity blah. > > Then there were celibate marriages of leading > manniquin couples. > So, what was THAT about? Why marry? > > In the seventies, Keith Wallace was dating > supermodel Samantha Jones. Keith Wallace was > president of MIU. Keith performed original TM > brainwave studies w/ Herbert Benson (Relaxation > Response), published in Scientific American. > > Keith wanted to marry Samantha. > M denied Keith permission to marry her. > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
