--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And came back. > > > If so, I wonder why Marshy would have come back to > the Upper Kashi from Madanapalle.
Sorry, Willy, saw this post just now. No, I didn't mean he returned to Uttar Kashi, rather he returned to Madanapalle, and at least two times after going to Kanya Kumari. One time I was told, he came with an entourage of 15 people who took residence at the Brindaban Lodge, which was actually already full, but miraculously the place was available when he arrived. This Narayan Ayer told me, who was also a hotel manager (not sure if it was of the Brindavan Lodge, or a smaller place nearby, where Maharishi stayed at his first visit and came in contact with him). He also told me that Maharishi initiated 200 people there, and the was catching a plane from Madras, even though he was two hours late. All this happened before he sat foot in the west. > > And, I wonder how Marshy's Aunt got to the Upper > Kashi to talk to Marshy about the trip to Madanapalle? No idea, but he could have met her after he left. Or he knew she was ailing and ad heard of the facilities in Madanapalle and thought to combine it with his pilgrimage. It is also quite feasable, that - if Maharishi really got the 'order' at GD's deathbead, to make a pilgrimage in orer to get the proper blessings and the right start. This would be a very indian way of doing it. You know very well how Indians look for auspicious timing when they start any undertaking. When Aishwarya Rai married recently, first thing the newly wed did was to pay a visit to the south indian temple of Tirupati (which btw is also nearby Madanapalle) > > And, this brings up another issue. If Marshy was > at the Upper Kashi and observing "silence" how did > he communicate with his Aunt? Using sign language? Probably telepathy. But honestly, he could have met her just afterwards. > Did they have telephones in 1954 at the Upper Kashi? > > Maybe she called him on his cell phone or maybe she > sent Satyanand or Uncle Raj up to see him. If so, that > would really be a long walk for Uncle Raj. The Aunt > could have probaly walked herself to Madanapalle by > the time Uncle got up there to the Upper Kashi! > > And, why wouldn't her husband, Uncle Raj, have taken > Marshy's Aunt down to Madanapalle? I wonder what's up > with that? Come to think of it, why would the Marshy > have gone up to the Upper Kashi in the first place if > his Aunt wasn't well. > > And how would the Aunt have known Marshy was even up > at the Utter Kashi? > > Does anyone know what happened to the Aunt? I didn't > even think that the Marshy had any Aunts that he was > on speaking terms with. Was it Aunt Varma or was it > Aunt Srivastava? Did the Aunt practice TM? And I > wonder if the Aunt availed herself of Maharishi's > Ayer-Veda. What, exactly, ailed the Aunt? > > So far as I can tell, the story about his Aunt is > probably just a story. I can't recall Marshy having > mentioned this and I've spent hours listening to > him and reading his books and watching his videos. > Apparently Uncle Raj didn't mention an Aunt at the > Upper Kashi when he was in Canada at the TM Center. > I wonder why not? Well, I was told by the Narayan Ayer this story, who is still alive and ready to talk to anybody about it. He is still a devotee of Maharishi. I can give you his address and phone number if you want. Send me an email if you are seriously interested. You could also simply visit the Maharishi Mandir near the Ganapathi Temple, opposite old Brindaban lodge (not in function any more), going off Gandhi Bazar where it makes a z-curve. > The only person that I know of that mentions his > Aunt is Dr. Coplin. The Aunt isn't mentioned by > Robert Hollings in his book 'Transcendental > Meditation', a book which I presume was approved > for publication by the TMO since it was once > available from the MUM Bookstore. > > Work Cited: > > 'Transcendental Meditation' > An Introduction to the practice and aims of TM > by Robert Hollings > The Aquarian Press, 1982 > ISBN 0-85030-240-4 > p. 82 - 83 Fine, but the non-inclusion of facts or events isn't proof for their non-existence. Personal eye-witness is about the best proof you can get.
