--Thanks, I sent the audio tape addresses to Jerry Jarvis. He should be amused.
- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > I had a number of heated debates with Charlie devotees. Most of them > didn't > > seem to care whether or not Charlie was representing Maharishi's > teachings. > > They considered Charlie to be a member of the White Brotherhood and > in an > > exalted state of consciousness with direct cognitive or intuitive > access to > > the things he was saying. I think Charlie tried to give them this > > impression. I always argued that he was merely parroting things he > had read > > in esoteric books, but they didn't buy it. I remember one guy > arguing that > > Charlie was undoubtedly enlightened "because he had been meditating 15 > > years." > > > In my perspective in those days, the do-as-you're-told > follow-the-image crowd in the TMO, mostly represented by Jerry Jarvis > and his clique, despised Charlie because Charlie didn't conform to > their commonly adopted phony bullshit 'smiles' and 'calmness' image > and performance. Charlie DID speak from his own experience while most > others just parroted what the party line happened to be at the time. > Charlie's presence and manner made those phony asses very > uncomfortable. Sincere TMers who weren't into that fake appearances > nonsense would very much enjoy and appreciate the refreshing > difference that Charlie expressed. > > It's interesting that Barry brought up that he secretly recorded parts > of Charlie's lectures. Now I know who the asshole was who did it. But > what Barry didn't tell you, is that the tapes were doctored [I don't > know if Barry was in on the doctoring] to make it look like Charlie > was contradicting Maharishi. I got that from two insiders who directly > knew about it. This is the extent to which certain people hated > Charlie and it was on this basis that smears about Charlie began to > permeate the TMO via Jarvis' little kingdom and poison the well for > Charlie. > > What's amazing to me is, in spite of the crap he was subjected to, > how well Charlie handled it and how unwaveringly he supported TM and > encouraged TMers throughout the whole latter part of his life until he > got too sick to continue. >
