Rick ved jyotish facebook3/3/2023 In padded white rooms we sat cross-legged upon sheets of high-density foam, provided for our protection when we dropped earthward after failed levitation attempts. Through TM we connect with God inside ourselves in pursuit of Cosmic Consciousness.” When teaching this “non religious method for rest and release of stress,” my parents explained, “Maharishi teaches this spiritual practice in scientific terms because we live in a scientific age. A new “Initiate” carries an offering of fruit, a white handkerchief, and fresh flowers for ritualized placement upon an altar during private meditation instruction. Secret initiation ceremonies honor Maharishi’s Master, Guru Dev, with chants of obeisance to a holy tradition mythically originating in Northern India. He and his Transcendental Meditation (TM) Movement influenced my family for forty years and three generations. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, giggling guru to the Beatles was my parents’ spiritual Master. Randy’s devotion to Maharishi made him a reliable source of “higher knowledge.” Bizarre as that sounds to me now, in 1980 divine retribution for ignoring Maharishi’s vision seemed perfectly plausible. “John Lennon was shot because he began recording music again, despite Maharishi’s instructions to maintain a private life.” Randy explained one December morning following Lennon’s murder, while I aligned spiritual necklaces of brown rudraksha beads, coral and gemstones in our store’s golden display case.
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