[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[nablusoss1008]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>
> thank you
> certainly THE christmas gift but difficult to get I assume


It's available from MUM Press
Books    [arrow]  Maharishi
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Meditation with Questions and Answers[Transcendental Meditation with
Questions and Answers]   Transcendental Meditation with Questions and
Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
Topics Include:
How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
The Cure for Suffering
The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
The Development of Higher Consciousness
Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
"There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
Price: $19.95

Item# TMQA

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[merudanda]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
snip
  I think I've got some of the early SRM  booklets too around here
somewhere.
>
>snip>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[merudanda]

thank you
certainly THE christmas gift  but  difficult to get I assume
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 
wrote:
>
>  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]  
Transcendental
> Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences
attending
> his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> Topics Include:
> How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> The Cure for Suffering
> The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> The Development of Higher Consciousness
> Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national
affairs,
> and international relations. The great and urgent need is for
something
> to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> Price: $19.95
>
> Item# TMQA
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[curtisdeltablues]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69"  wrote:

> Shankara and his disciples found a hidden cave for Shankara to perform his 
> kaya-pravesh, entering of another's body, which he had learned how to do in 
> his youth. He went into deep meditation, and one by one shut down all of his 
> bodily functions until he, too, was no more than a corpse. Two disciples sat 
> in the cave and protected the vulnerable body of their master, while he did 
> his "work," for he would need to return to his own body later.

ME:
Yeah, wasn't it because he was debating a householder king and needed a year of 
householder experience to win?  He spent the year banging some guy's wife if I 
remember it correctly and came back and won the debate.  (Talk about using a 
phone-a-friend option!)

Funnily enough I also learned how to enter someone else's body in my youth as 
well. I remember there was this "bad" orphan kid in our neighborhood who lived 
with his Grandmother who literally ran away and joined the carnival (Circ du 
soleil it was NOT) when he was 17 (actually had a mustache!) or so.  He 
described to us how he had survived traveling around with these carny types.  
There were many stories and unless he was a brilliant writer, he actually lived 
it.  (Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I'm going with lived it.)  

Anyway the most amazing story he told was about how the rest of the carny 
workers chipped in to pay him to service the fat lady.  (I am not being un PC 
here, it was her job and she was billed as the fat lady.  It was sort of a rite 
of passage for young bucks on the road on their first tour of duty to go though 
this initiation and he was paid handsomely for his trouble.  It was the fist 
time I actually heard how you can enter another person, and the knowledge 
serves me well to this day. It turns out it wasn't so bad for the kid (scarred 
for life) the woman appreciated his enthusiastic efforts, and the crew got 
their money's worth in months of good natured (or nasty put downs who knows?) 
ribbing for months afterward. All in the spirit of carrying on the tradition of 
the traveling carnival rite of passage.  

So Shankara and I have a lot in common...well maybe just this one thing.





>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> > pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to 
> > see if they edited the material at all from the original.
> > 
> > I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on 
> > vacation with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the 
> > book as an excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my 
> > parents at age 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and 
> > am sure he didn't.
> > 
> > It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> > started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> > book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi 
> > stuff box.
> > 
> > I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> > did Hermit in the House. 
> > 
> > When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> > talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> > stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can 
> > continue your yoga. 
> Shankara and his disciples found a hidden cave for Shankara to perform his 
> kaya-pravesh, entering of another's body, which he had learned how to do in 
> his youth. He went into deep meditation, and one by one shut down all of his 
> bodily functions until he, too, was no more than a corpse. Two disciples sat 
> in the cave and protected the vulnerable body of their master, while he did 
> his "work," for he would need to return to his own body later
>  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present today including 
> his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would be nice if they were more 
> honest about his actual teaching and how it progressed through his life, 
> published it all and let people choose for themselves what they think.  I 
> have no skin in the game now but if I was still involved I would be really 
> pissed to still be denied access to his full teaching.
> > 
> > Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> > sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did 
> > not appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before 
> > starting, I do remember that!
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > >
> > >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > > This beaut

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[shukra69]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to see 
> if they edited the material at all from the original.
> 
> I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on vacation 
> with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the book as an 
> excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my parents at age 
> 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and am sure he didn't.
> 
> It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi stuff 
> box.
> 
> I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> did Hermit in the House. 
> 
> When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can continue 
> your yoga. 
Shankara and his disciples found a hidden cave for Shankara to perform his 
kaya-pravesh, entering of another's body, which he had learned how to do in his 
youth. He went into deep meditation, and one by one shut down all of his bodily 
functions until he, too, was no more than a corpse. Two disciples sat in the 
cave and protected the vulnerable body of their master, while he did his 
"work," for he would need to return to his own body later
 It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present today including 
his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would be nice if they were more 
honest about his actual teaching and how it progressed through his life, 
published it all and let people choose for themselves what they think.  I have 
no skin in the game now but if I was still involved I would be really pissed to 
still be denied access to his full teaching.
> 
> Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did not 
> appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before starting, 
> I do remember that!
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> > on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> > 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> > Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> > his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> > Topics Include:
> > How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> > The Cure for Suffering
> > The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> > Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> > The Development of Higher Consciousness
> > Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> > The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> > Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> > On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> > Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> > The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> > "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> > increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
> > and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
> > to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> > peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> > All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> > endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> > man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> > wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> > birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> > Price: $19.95
> > 
> > Item# TMQA
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[shukra69]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to see 
> if they edited the material at all from the original.
> 
> I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on vacation 
> with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the book as an 
> excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my parents at age 
> 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and am sure he didn't.
> 
> It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi stuff 
> box.
> 
> I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> did Hermit in the House. 
> 
> When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can continue 
> your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present 
> today including his wacky two nervous systems ideas. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_nervous_system
It is classically divided into two subsystems: the parasympathetic nervous 
system (PSNS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS).[1][2] Relatively recently, 
a third subsystem of neurons that have been named 'non-adrenergic and 
non-cholinergic' neurons (because they use nitric oxide as a neurotransmitter) 
have been described and found to be integral in autonomic function, 
particularly in the gut and the lungs.[3]

With regard to function, the ANS is usually divided into sensory (afferent) and 
motor (efferent) subsystems. Within these systems, however, there are 
inhibitory and excitatory synapses between neurons.


 But it would be nice if they were more honest about his actual teaching and 
how it progressed through his life, published it all and let people choose for 
themselves what they think.  I have no skin in the game now but if I was still 
involved I would be really pissed to still be denied access to his full 
teaching.
> 
> Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did not 
> appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before starting, 
> I do remember that!
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> > on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> > 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> > Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> > his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> > Topics Include:
> > How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> > The Cure for Suffering
> > The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> > Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> > The Development of Higher Consciousness
> > Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> > The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> > Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> > On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> > Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> > The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> > "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> > increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
> > and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
> > to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> > peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> > All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> > endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> > man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> > wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> > birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> > Price: $19.95
> > 
> > Item# TMQA
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[curtisdeltablues]

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:

"the women all looking pretty and invisible"

Great song lyric Jim!




>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Cool story Curtis - I was wondering if the newly released book was 
> > > 'sanitized' too. I like the idea of a compendium of his writing - all of 
> > > it.
> > 
> > I was wrong about the dates, this book came our in 68 so it must have been 
> > then or maybe as late as 69 when I first tried to read it.
> > 
> > I can't imagine the movement being open with all his material which is too 
> > bad because the people who would care aren't getting any younger.  The 
> > access I had was all hush hush and my library connection was completely 
> > paranoid about letting me read it all.  Some of it reads as if Maharishi 
> > was just telling stories to keep people on the course back then.
> > 
> > Then there are supposed to be tapes Maharishi made without an audience.  
> > What a shame that they wont see the light of day for people into his 
> > teaching.  If they were all on disks there could be a massive volunteer 
> > project to at least go through them and put them into search categories.
> 
> **Yeah, too bad. Maybe it gets done at some point. 
> > 
> > When I see how cavalier the movement is about his teaching it reinforces my 
> > opinion that there really is no there there.  He was just an intro lecture 
> > spouting machine, cranking out the basics again and again and again and 
> > again...  I often had that feeling on TTC through the hours of tapes.
> 
> **Ah, the hours of tape. yep. Many years ago, I bought some cassette tapes 
> (remember those?) of Maharishi's sort of all time fave talks, and last 
> listened to them about five years ago, and was surprised that they were ok. 
> Not worth endless repetition, but nonetheless, original and held my interest 
> for the most part. I have some VHS tapes of him too. 
> 
> I always enjoy seeing the audience shots from the 70's, the guys wearing the 
> maroon sport jackets and striped ties, before it all went to "creme", with 
> 'stache, and hair sorta long but not really. Then with granny dresses, long 
> straight hair and oval rim glasses, the women all looking pretty and 
> invisible. 
> > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small 
> > > > SRM pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be 
> > > > curious to see if they edited the material at all from the original.
> > > > 
> > > > I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on 
> > > > vacation with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought 
> > > > the book as an excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away 
> > > > from my parents at age 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole 
> > > > thing then and am sure he didn't.
> > > > 
> > > > It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before 
> > > > I started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most 
> > > > of the book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my 
> > > > Maharishi stuff box.
> > > > 
> > > > I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like 
> > > > they did Hermit in the House. 
> > > > 
> > > > When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts 
> > > > of talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some 
> > > > wacky stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you 
> > > > can continue your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi 
> > > > teaching they present today including his wacky two nervous systems 
> > > > ideas.  But it would be nice if they were more honest about his actual 
> > > > teaching and how it progressed through his life, published it all and 
> > > > let people choose for themselves what they think.  I have no skin in 
> > > > the game now but if I was still involved I would be really pissed to 
> > > > still be denied access to his full teaching.
> > > > 
> > > > Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it 
> > > > all sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my 
> > > > course did not appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the 
> > > > book before starting, I do remember that!
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >   
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   
> > > > > Transcendental
> > > > > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > > > > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > > > > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > > > > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[whynotnow7]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
> >
> > Cool story Curtis - I was wondering if the newly released book was 
> > 'sanitized' too. I like the idea of a compendium of his writing - all of it.
> 
> I was wrong about the dates, this book came our in 68 so it must have been 
> then or maybe as late as 69 when I first tried to read it.
> 
> I can't imagine the movement being open with all his material which is too 
> bad because the people who would care aren't getting any younger.  The access 
> I had was all hush hush and my library connection was completely paranoid 
> about letting me read it all.  Some of it reads as if Maharishi was just 
> telling stories to keep people on the course back then.
> 
> Then there are supposed to be tapes Maharishi made without an audience.  What 
> a shame that they wont see the light of day for people into his teaching.  If 
> they were all on disks there could be a massive volunteer project to at least 
> go through them and put them into search categories.

**Yeah, too bad. Maybe it gets done at some point. 
> 
> When I see how cavalier the movement is about his teaching it reinforces my 
> opinion that there really is no there there.  He was just an intro lecture 
> spouting machine, cranking out the basics again and again and again and 
> again...  I often had that feeling on TTC through the hours of tapes.

**Ah, the hours of tape. yep. Many years ago, I bought some cassette tapes 
(remember those?) of Maharishi's sort of all time fave talks, and last listened 
to them about five years ago, and was surprised that they were ok. Not worth 
endless repetition, but nonetheless, original and held my interest for the most 
part. I have some VHS tapes of him too. 

I always enjoy seeing the audience shots from the 70's, the guys wearing the 
maroon sport jackets and striped ties, before it all went to "creme", with 
'stache, and hair sorta long but not really. Then with granny dresses, long 
straight hair and oval rim glasses, the women all looking pretty and invisible. 

> 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> > > pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to 
> > > see if they edited the material at all from the original.
> > > 
> > > I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on 
> > > vacation with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought 
> > > the book as an excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from 
> > > my parents at age 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then 
> > > and am sure he didn't.
> > > 
> > > It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> > > started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of 
> > > the book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my 
> > > Maharishi stuff box.
> > > 
> > > I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like 
> > > they did Hermit in the House. 
> > > 
> > > When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts 
> > > of talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some 
> > > wacky stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can 
> > > continue your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they 
> > > present today including his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it 
> > > would be nice if they were more honest about his actual teaching and how 
> > > it progressed through his life, published it all and let people choose 
> > > for themselves what they think.  I have no skin in the game now but if I 
> > > was still involved I would be really pissed to still be denied access to 
> > > his full teaching.
> > > 
> > > Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it 
> > > all sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course 
> > > did not appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book 
> > > before starting, I do remember that!
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > > > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > > > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > > > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > > > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> > > > on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> > > > 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> > > > Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> > > > his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> > > > Topics Inclu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[Bhairitu]

I have the original "Hermit in the House", "Maharishi's Himalayas" and a 
few other original publications. I think I've got some of the early SRM 
booklets too around here somewhere.

I wish I had kept the book by the chiropractor who determined that some 
patients did better with exercise than meditation. And had bought the 
book probably published in 1989 by the son of an Indian guru who 
critiqued TM in it and said that mantras without OM left people 
uncentered. He was also critical of the guru thing as his dad seemed to 
degenerate into a child that followers took care of.

On 12/08/2011 11:04 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to see 
> if they edited the material at all from the original.
>
> I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on vacation 
> with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the book as an 
> excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my parents at age 
> 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and am sure he didn't.
>
> It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi stuff 
> box.
>
> I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> did Hermit in the House.
>
> When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can continue 
> your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present 
> today including his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would be nice if 
> they were more honest about his actual teaching and how it progressed through 
> his life, published it all and let people choose for themselves what they 
> think.  I have no skin in the game now but if I was still involved I would be 
> really pissed to still be denied access to his full teaching.
>
> Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did not 
> appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before starting, 
> I do remember that!
>
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>>   [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
>> Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
>> Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
>> This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
>> years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
>> on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
>> 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
>> Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
>> his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
>> Topics Include:
>> How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
>> The Cure for Suffering
>> The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
>> Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
>> The Development of Higher Consciousness
>> Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
>> The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
>> Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
>> On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
>> Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
>> The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
>> "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
>> increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
>> and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
>> to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
>> peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
>> All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
>> endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
>> man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
>> wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
>> birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
>> Price: $19.95
>>
>> Item# TMQA
>>
>
>





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[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[curtisdeltablues]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> Cool story Curtis - I was wondering if the newly released book was 
> 'sanitized' too. I like the idea of a compendium of his writing - all of it.

I was wrong about the dates, this book came our in 68 so it must have been then 
or maybe as late as 69 when I first tried to read it.

I can't imagine the movement being open with all his material which is too bad 
because the people who would care aren't getting any younger.  The access I had 
was all hush hush and my library connection was completely paranoid about 
letting me read it all.  Some of it reads as if Maharishi was just telling 
stories to keep people on the course back then.

Then there are supposed to be tapes Maharishi made without an audience.  What a 
shame that they wont see the light of day for people into his teaching.  If 
they were all on disks there could be a massive volunteer project to at least 
go through them and put them into search categories. 

When I see how cavalier the movement is about his teaching it reinforces my 
opinion that there really is no there there.  He was just an intro lecture 
spouting machine, cranking out the basics again and again and again and 
again...  I often had that feeling on TTC through the hours of tapes.





> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> > pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to 
> > see if they edited the material at all from the original.
> > 
> > I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on 
> > vacation with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the 
> > book as an excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my 
> > parents at age 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and 
> > am sure he didn't.
> > 
> > It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> > started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> > book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi 
> > stuff box.
> > 
> > I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> > did Hermit in the House. 
> > 
> > When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> > talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> > stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can 
> > continue your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they 
> > present today including his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would 
> > be nice if they were more honest about his actual teaching and how it 
> > progressed through his life, published it all and let people choose for 
> > themselves what they think.  I have no skin in the game now but if I was 
> > still involved I would be really pissed to still be denied access to his 
> > full teaching.
> > 
> > Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> > sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did 
> > not appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before 
> > starting, I do remember that!
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > >
> > >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> > > on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> > > 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> > > Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> > > his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> > > Topics Include:
> > > How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> > > The Cure for Suffering
> > > The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> > > Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> > > The Development of Higher Consciousness
> > > Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> > > The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> > > Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> > > On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> > > Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> > > The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> > > "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> > > increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
> > > and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
> > > to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> > > peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> > > All that we call wisdom today, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[whynotnow7]

Cool story Curtis - I was wondering if the newly released book was 'sanitized' 
too. I like the idea of a compendium of his writing - all of it.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
> pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to see 
> if they edited the material at all from the original.
> 
> I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on vacation 
> with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the book as an 
> excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my parents at age 
> 15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and am sure he didn't.
> 
> It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
> started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
> book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi stuff 
> box.
> 
> I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they 
> did Hermit in the House. 
> 
> When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
> talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky 
> stuff including entering another body if yours wears out so you can continue 
> your yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present 
> today including his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would be nice if 
> they were more honest about his actual teaching and how it progressed through 
> his life, published it all and let people choose for themselves what they 
> think.  I have no skin in the game now but if I was still involved I would be 
> really pissed to still be denied access to his full teaching.
> 
> Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
> sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did not 
> appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before starting, 
> I do remember that!
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> >  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> > Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> > This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> > years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> > on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> > 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> > Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> > his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> > Topics Include:
> > How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> > The Cure for Suffering
> > The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> > Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> > The Development of Higher Consciousness
> > Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> > The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> > Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> > On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> > Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> > The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> > "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> > increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
> > and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
> > to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> > peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> > All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> > endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> > man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> > wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> > birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> > Price: $19.95
> > 
> > Item# TMQA
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[curtisdeltablues]

I have fond memories of that book.  It was pieced together from small SRM 
pamphlets.  I have a few copies of them somewhere.  I would be curious to see 
if they edited the material at all from the original.

I first read it when I was 10 years old on Nantucket Island while on vacation 
with my parents. That would have been 1967.  My brother bought the book as an 
excuse to hide on the beach and smoke cigarettes away from my parents at age 
15.  I don't believe I got through the whole thing then and am sure he didn't.

It sat in my brother's bookshelf till I found it at age 16 right before I 
started.  It's spine was riddled with the bbs holes that marked most of the 
book spines in his bookshelf, but I still have the copy in my Maharishi stuff 
box.

I really would be curious if they left it alone or messed with it like they did 
Hermit in the House. 

When I was at MIU I had a chance to read through a bunch of transcripts of 
talks Maharishi gave in India in the early 60's.  It included some wacky stuff 
including entering another body if yours wears out so you can continue your 
yoga.  It is far from the sanitized Maharishi teaching they present today 
including his wacky two nervous systems ideas.  But it would be nice if they 
were more honest about his actual teaching and how it progressed through his 
life, published it all and let people choose for themselves what they think.  I 
have no skin in the game now but if I was still involved I would be really 
pissed to still be denied access to his full teaching.

Glad you posted this Nabby.  I remember how exotic and authoritative it all 
sounded back in 1975 when I started TM.  The initiators of my course did not 
appreciate my questions based on my knowledge from the book before starting, I 
do remember that!


  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
>  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]   Transcendental
> Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences attending
> his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> Topics Include:
> How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> The Cure for Suffering
> The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> The Development of Higher Consciousness
> Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs,
> and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something
> to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> Price: $19.95
> 
> Item# TMQA
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Released: Early Book by Maharishi Out of Print For Over 40 Years

[turquoiseb]

I'd camp out overnight at your local bookstore for this one, Nabby.
Don't take chances on missing out on an early copy by trusting in
Amazon; this one's gonna be flying off the shelves.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 
wrote:
>
>  [Transcendental Meditation with Questions and Answers]  
Transcendental
> Meditation with Questions and Answers  By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> Softcover, 168 pages Published in 2011
> This beautiful and charming book is being released after more than 40
> years being out-of-print. It consists of two parts. Part One is a talk
> on Transcendental Meditation given by Maharishi from March 1960 to mid
> 1961, when Maharishi held evening discourses in London, England. Part
> Two consists of questions addressed to Maharishi by audiences
attending
> his lectures and the answers given by Maharishi.
> Topics Include:
> How All Things Have Their Origin in Absolute Bliss Consciousness
> The Cure for Suffering
> The Way to Realisation through the Absolute Consciousness
> Bliss-Attribute of the Divine
> The Development of Higher Consciousness
> Unfoldment of Latent Faculties
> The Ultimate Goal of Transcendental Meditation
> Timeless Tradition of Knowledge
> On Faith and Religion and God Realisation
> Mantra—A Specific Sound and Its Value
> The Role of an Enlightened Master (Teacher or Guide)
> "There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension
> increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national
affairs,
> and international relations. The great and urgent need is for
something
> to re-establish harmony in the individual human being and to give him
> peace; only from such an inner peace can wisdom and happiness be born.
> All that we call wisdom today, all knowledge, the whole process of
> endless fact-gathering must utterly fail to satisfy the real needs of
> man; for these real needs are called happiness, understanding, and
> wisdom, and they are not vain and unworldly aspirations but man's
> birthright." - Maharishi, 1961, London
> Price: $19.95