Hey Rick-FYI, that would make MMY 106 years old today, look at the dates..
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > News of the World Sunday 23rd August 1981 (page 6) > > > > EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID MERTENS > > > > SEXY ROMPS OF > THE BEATLES' GIGGLING GURU > > > > 'I gave my mind to the Maharishi and he took my body' > > > > A YOUNG mother who became a top disciple of the Beatles' former guru, > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, claims he seduced her - although he professes to be a > celibate monk. > > > > After travelling to India to join the Transcendental Meditation movement, > Mrs Linda Pearce says she fell completely under the Maharishi's spell. And > then into his bed. > > > > "I was a virgin and knew nothing about sex," said 34-year-old Mrs Pearce. > "He said he loved me and that I was the only one. 'You make my life so > good,' he told me. > > "When I asked about his celibacy he said: 'There are exceptions to every > rule.' > > "He was a brilliant manipulator. I just couldn't see that he was a dirty old > man. > > "We made love regularly. And I don't think I was the only girl. At one stage > I thought I was pregnant by him." > > > > Floating > > > > Now, after 12 years in the T.M. movement during which she reached the > position of Governor, Mrs Pearce has quit. And she says, "It was all a load > of rubbish". > > In her final year she set up an "academy" in the Scottish Highlands to teach > the Maharishi's followers to "fly" - a deep state of meditation in which > people are supposed to be floating around the room. > > "We were all completely taken in," she says. "We only taught people how to > hop around like frogs. Nobody ever learned to fly. It was nonsense." > > Mrs Pearce who has a seven-year-old daughter and a ten-month-old baby joined > the Maharishi's movement, now called the World Government or the Age of > Enlightenment, in 1967 - the same year as the Beatles joined the bandwagon. > > At the time Mrs Pearce, grand-daughter of the late Duke of Grafton, was a > student at Bedford College, London University. > > "At my first meeting in London, I was dead bored," she said. > > "But I realised it could help you to relax. And I was so tense, over-tired > and run-down. > > "A few months later I went to Paris for an art exhibition. And the Maharishi > was there staying in a really posh hotel. > > "He was surrounded by lots of pop singers and I was taken in by them. > > "The first time I saw the Maharishi he was rather a small creature, holding > court cross-legged in this sumptuous room. > > "He had a powerful personality and if anybody queried him, he'd ridicule > them and laugh at them. > > > > Power > > > > "He thought I had a few bob - a trust fund of about £40,000 - and he thought > I could be useful because I spoke French. > > "He told me to leave university but I wouldn't. Then I went back and within > eight months I was totally convinced. > > "I was going to meetings and got to the position where I was recruiting > people into the movement. I was totally brainwashed. > > "I paid £200 to go to Squaw Valley, California, for a course. That was in > the late Sixties when the Maharishi was taking over flower-power and using > it for his own ends. > > "In January 1969, I went to India. I aimed to be a teacher and always had a > great feeling that I wanted to make the world a better place. I was there > for three months. > > "At the time the Maharishi was recruiting his troops rather than coining in > the money. We sat and meditated all day and got dozier and dozier. > > "The Maharishi was there all the time. He used to give us lectures. We > thought it was great wisdom. > > It was then, she says, that the 68-year-old Maharishi, known as the Giggling > Guru, started their affair. > > "Others told me I wasn't his first girl," says Mrs Pearce. "There was a lot > of talk that he'd tried to rape Mia Farrow. > > "When I went back to my studies in England, I found I was besotted by T.M. > and I took to teaching in my spare time. > > "I returned to India the following Christmas and the relationship just > started up again. But by then I thought it was wrong and immoral. > > "The Maharishi just laughed that off. > > "In 1970, I finished my university course and followed him to the U.S., > Austria and Italy. But although he always tried to get me working close to > him, I just had a desire to stay as far away from him as possible. > > "The way he had treated me didn't change my views about the movement. I had > this great idea that his techniques were the best." > > Three years later, Linda met her husband, Peter Pearce, a South African, on > a TM course in Spain. > > The couple became Governors in the movement and went to South Africa to > teach its beliefs. > > > > Celibate > > > > But when they opened their academy at Crosscraig in Scotland, things started > to go wrong. > > Linda said: "I really thought I was going mad. The Maharishi still had a > mental hold over me. > > "Despite what he did he lectured that you had to be celibate to progress > spiritually. > > "And I believed in that . I just couldn't stand being kissed or touched. > > "When we flew to Switzerland and asked the Maharishi what was wrong with me, > all he did was roar with laughter and tell me to go on more courses. > > "And then, after all those years, my husband and I realised that it was one > big con-trick." > > Linda's 42-year-old husband Peter said: "When I confronted the Maharishi > about sleeping with my wife he just laughed. > > "She was having terrible psychological problems because of it but he said > that I should take her to the psychiatrist. He never denied it." > > > > > > WHY WE QUIT, BY LENNON > > > > WHEN the Beatles tagged on to the Maharishi with the insane giggle and the > message of peace, the honeymoon did not last long. > > "We made a mistake," said Paul McCartney after leaving the cult's settlement > at Rishikesh on the banks of India's Ganges. > > And the late John Lennon told how they quit after he confronted the guru > about sex allegations. > > He said: "There was a hullabaloo about him trying to rape Mia Farrow and a > few other women, and things like that." > > "The whole gang charged down to his hut. I was the spokesman, as usual, and > said: 'We're leaving!' > > "He asked why and I said: 'Well, if you're so cosmic, you'll know why.' > > "He and his right-hand men were always intimating that he did miracles. > > "The Maharishi gave me a look that said: 'I'll kill you, you bastard!' > > In his book, Lennon Remembers, the ex-Beatle revealed that he originally > wrote his song Sexy Sadie about the Maharishi. > > But he added: "I copped out and I wouldn't write "Maharishi, what have you > done? You've made a fool of everyone." > > > > > > Disciples defend jet-set monk > > THE GURU'S man in Britain, Jonathan Hynde, who holds the grand title of > Minister for the Development of Consciousness, defended his leader at their > sumptuous £250,000 Mentmore Toweres stately home H.Q. > > Ex-public school boy Hynde, 26, said, "The Maharishi is celibate. He's a > monk. He just couldn't lower himself to tak of this sort of thing. > > "Mrs Pearce can say what she likes. I'll deny it on the Maharishi's behalf." > > Besides him was James Macrae, Minister of Prosperity and Progress. He said: > "This allegation just cannot be true." > > Mr Hynde added: "There's no rule in the movement that followers have to be > celibate." > > > > ENGAGED > > But he revealed that 11 Ministers live at Mentmore and none of them is > married. Then Mr Macrae added proudly: "One is now engaged." > > Mr Hynde said: "The Pearces and other complainants couldn't have followed > the courses properly." > > The courses were designed to carry out the Maharishi's philosophy that if > only one per cent of the world took up meditation, tensions that breed war > would shrink from danger point. > > They also made vast profits for him. > > In England alone, 100,000 people paid about £20 each for the simplest > meditation course. > > Advanced courses cost up to £2,000 a time and have funded T.M.'s luxurious > international HQ in Switzerland, bank accounts in Zurich, London and Jersey, > and factories in Germany and Austria. > > The movement is believed to have £8 million playing the world money markets. > > And a fleet of Mercedes, a helicopter and airliner are all at the guru's > service. > > > > > > ---- > > Rick Archer > SearchSummit > 1108 South B Street > Fairfield, IA 52556 > Phone: (641) 472-9336 > Fax: (914) 470-9336 > http: <http://searchsummit.com> //searchsummit.com > <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
