> > Marshy just happened to be in the upstairs room 
> > by coincidence when he saw Guru Dev?
> >
Rick Archer wrote: 
> He wasn't in his room. He was on an outside veranda 
> and had never seen him before. And couldn't see him 
> because it was dark, until a car's headlight
> illuminated his face.
> 
So, Rick, you're thinking that Marshy just happened to 
be on the veranda when the car's lights flashed on Guru 
Dev's face. So, how do you think Marshy got on the 
veranda, by climbing over the fence in the middle of 
the night? Or, maybe Marshy crashed the site by hiding 
in a closet until Guru Dev came out on the veranda.

According to Paul Mason, Marshy's biographer, it is 
possible that Marshy had been intitiated by Guru Dev 
nineteen years before Marshy became a brahmacharya 
(Mason 21).

> > According to the official account, Raj Varma had been 
> > a devotee of Guru Dev for many years before Marshy 
> > actually met Guru Dev. Lots of people, including Marshy, 
> > probably saw Guru Dev in various processions over the 
> > years. However, the first time Marshy actually met Guru 
> > Dev face-to-face was in the upstairs room at the time 
> > of the flashing headlights.
> > 
> Maybe it was an upstairs room. I recall his saying it 
> was a veranda. In any case, you're speculating, because 
> is MMY told the story he had never seen GD before. He 
> never mentioned having seen him in processions, etc. 
> Maybe he had, but he said this was the first time he 
> saw him.
>
You need to get some smarts, Rick. Guru Dev was in full 
sight of the general public for close to sixty years, 
at probabbly every single Kumbha Mela and Ardha Khumba 
Mela, in front of millions of people. His photographic 
image was probably on the alter of Uncle Raj Varma for 
years in the family living room. And when Uncle Raj Varma 
was painting all those images of Guru Dev I guess you 
think that Marshy was totally blind. Go figure. 

Work cited:

'The Maharishi'
By Paul Mason
Element Books, 1994 

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