--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of boo_lives > > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:17 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting story about Doug Henning > > > > > > > > > How do you know he did? What does it mean to have one's soul > saved? > > Would > > > Doug's soul have been lost if he hadn't met MMY? > > > > don't know about his soul, but mmy ruined Doug's career - it was a > > great loss that the world didn't see doug do his incredible > > performances for so many years that he wasted on the movt and > > vedaland. doug's health certainly wasn't helped either. and his > > wife struggles with mental issues since his death. I don't see how > > tmers think doug's story is some great victory for MMY. > > > > Interesting point. I saw a letter several years ago, maybe it was > posted > > here, written by someone who had been working on the Vedaland > project, which > > suggested that very point that the project put tremendous > pressure on > > those involved due to the half-assed way in which it was > undertaken, and > > that that pressure took a great toll on Doug and others involved.>> > > Actually, I believe many TM'rs who spent a lot of time in India > during the 80's and early 90's, such as Doug, Skip Alexander, Curly > King, and others, became sick and cancerous due to eating a lot of > Indian rice and veggies. It is well known that during (and after) > that time, Indian farmers used A LOT of DDT
DDT has been proven to be harmless, hummous-breath, even if you practically drink it straight. > (and other pesticides) > on their crops (Developed in US, banned in US and Europe, still used > widely in 3rd world) That's the problem: DDT has NOT been used widely in the Third World. If it had been (i.e. if there had never been the evil Rachel Carson), millions of Africans would be alive today. , and it was before Maharishi was really > emphasizing organic in his Ashrams. I believe a lot of the cancers > came from extreme pesticide use in Indian agricultural practices - > taught to them, and even virtually forced upon them, by Monsanto. > > Many of those deaths came just about the right amount of time after > many TM'rs spent a lot of time with Maharishi at Maharishi Nagar and > other places, for such carcinogenics from exessive pesticide use to > take hold. Sad but true. > > As for the legacy of Doug Henning? Nice guy, inspired a lot of > people, spirit still lives on. Vedaland is a flop, magicianship is a > bit silly at the best of times. > > OffWorld > > . >
