Ned Wynn was my group's "leader" in Majorca 1971. He was in charge of getting our 200 course participants from meeting to meeting with Maharishi -- we were seeing Maharishi for THREE two-hour sessions EVERY DAY -- imagine that, only 200 people in the room. Everyone could count the hairs on Maharishi's chin.
I found Ned a true believer and gentle soul. Or, at least he was good at acting the part. Nice style. Nice mask to wear. When he "caught" me reading "Be Here Now," he simply said that Ram Dass was still a seeker, "so why get knowledge from a lesser source?" He was a bit sad about my reading it, but I think he put that down to my being a newbie. He could have gotten me very depressed and ready to quit if he'd had very much judgementalism going, cuz I'm a psychic when it comes to detecting besmirching of my narcissism, but he was gentle and kind and patient and forgiving. At the time, I thought he was a great embodiment of the teaching -- I thought I'd be like him when I "grew up." I saw him carry Maharishi's deerskin a few times, don't know what else he did, but it sure looked like he had a ton of access to Maharishi. I was in the lobby of my hotel when Keenan Wynn came to visit. I knew him immediately -- having seen him in umpteen films. I stood about 20 feet away -- gave him privacy as he checked in. It was late, no one in the lobby except him, me and the clerk behind the front desk. It didn't take long to figure that Keenan was unsteady on his feet, and only a little longer to smell his breath, and I should have been quite appalled that "this drunk" was going to get to sit up front, have a private meeting with Maharishi, and ask stupid first lecture questions, maybe even be drunk during his meeting with Maharishi, and then leave Majorca without having gained anything from it -- except to have shown up "for his son's sake," and maybe to have bragging rights for "having met the guru of the Beatles." But I wasn't appalled. Ned was such a good person that my first reaction to his father was: "this is Ned's father who deserves all my respect, because, no matter how he did it, he created a foundation in Ned that led Ned to TM." Something like that. That's how good a person New Wynn was -- he inspired me to step beyond my knee jerk judgment of others. I think that that's how "all us hippies" were thinking about the movement back then: "Mood make about the panacea that's being handed to us on a silver platter. Be passionate about saving the world. Do the right thing. Keep this going. Don't fuck up the community." Like that. A Woodstocky energy. Spiritual Rock and Roll. After I got my mantras in Fiuggi eight months later, I never saw Ned again, but even now, I'd drive more than an hour to have lunch with him. No matter what became of him, I cannot imagine his integrity being any less than it was when he "handled" me. I say unashamedly, even as a fallen TMer, "Ned, Jai Guru Dev!" And inside, I bow. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 5:53 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp's Sexual Scandal > > > > > > So, Rick, which Beatle said he left Rishikesh TTC > > > because the Marshy was having sex with female > > > students? > > > Rick Archer wrote: > > John and George. Paul and Ringo had already left. > > > But George said it was just a rumor and John was a > documented liar. According to George, the rumor about > the Maharishi trying to seduce anyone at Rishikesh > was a lie. > > It was a rumor. Hard to substantiate, as you say. > > > > > Conny Larsson (who may be joining FFL soon), Billy > > Clayton, Rob McCutcheon, Ned Wynne, and others. > > > None of these individuals were "personal secretaries", > least of all Conny Larsson and Ned Wynn. From what > I've read, Ned Wynn once spent about five minutes alone > with the Marshy and once carried Marshy's skin for about > one minute. > > I don't know about Ned Wynn, but the others were all personal secretaries. > > > Others left for other reasons, but knew about the > > situation. > > > So not a single person can say that they actually saw > the Marshy having sex, in over thirty years, even though > they were just outside the Marshy's door for days, hours, > months, and years. > > I know a couple of women who can, but they don't want to go public. > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.4/969 - Release Date: 8/23/2007 > 4:04 PM >
