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Sally

 

 

 

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies By MIKE CORDER – 4 hours ago

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles

who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his

home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91

years old.

" He died peacefully at about 7 p.m., " said Bob Roth, a spokesman for the

Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi founded. He said his

death appeared to be due to " natural causes, his age. "

Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind control that

Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained medical

respectability.

He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to the United States

in 1959. But the movement really took off after the Beatles visited his

ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out with the rock

stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan retreat.

With the help of celebrity endorsements, Maharishi — a Hindi-language title

for Great Seer — parlayed his interpretations of ancient scripture into a

multi-million-dollar global empire.

After 50 years of teaching, Maharishi turned to larger themes, with grand

designs to harness the power of group meditation to create world peace and

to mobilize his devotees to banish poverty from the earth.

Maharishi's roster of famous meditators ran from The Rolling Stones to Clint

Eastwood and new age preacher Deepak Chopra. David Lynch, creator of dark and violent films, lectured at college

campuses about the " ocean of tranquility " he found in more than 30 years of

practicing transcendental meditation.

Some 5 million people devoted 20 minutes every morning and evening reciting

a simple sound, or mantra, and delving into their consciousness.

" Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear, "

Maharishi said in a 2006 interview, repeating one of his own mantras.

Donations and the $2,500 fee to learn TM financed the construction of Peace

Palaces, or meditation centers, in dozens of cities around the world. It

paid for hundreds of new schools in India.

In 1971, Maharishi founded a university in Fairfield, Iowa, that taught

meditation alongside the arts and sciences to 700 students and served

organic vegetarian food in its cafeterias.

Supporters pointed to hundreds of scientific studies showing that meditation

reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves concentration and raises

results for students and businessmen.

Skeptics ridiculed his plan to raise $10 trillion to end poverty by

sponsoring organic farming in the world's poorest countries. They scoffed at

his notion that meditation groups, acting like psychic shock troops, can end

conflict.

" To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach, " he

said.

In 1986, two groups founded by his organization were sued in the U.S. by

former disciples who accused it of fraud, negligence and intentionally

inflicting emotional damage. A jury, however, refused to award punitive

damages.

Over the years, Maharishi also was accused of fraud by former pupils who

claim he failed to teach them to fly. " Yogic flying, " showcased as the

ultimate level of transcendence, was never witnessed as anything more than

TM followers sitting in the cross-legged lotus position and bouncing across

spongy mats.

Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava in central India, reportedly on Jan.

12, 1917 — though he refused to confirm the date or discuss his early life.

He studied physics at Allahabad University before becoming secretary to a

well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his teacher, Maharishi went

into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the Himalayan foothills of

northern India.

With his background in physics, he brought his message to the West in a

language that mixed the occult and science that became the buzz of college

campuses. He described TM as " the unified field of all the laws of nature. "

Maharishi's trademark flowing beard and long, graying hair appeared on the

cover of the leading news magazines of the day.

But aides say Maharishi became disillusioned that TM had become identified

with the counterculture, and he spent more time at his ashram in Rishikesh

in the Himalayan foothills to run his global affairs.

In 1990 he moved onto the wooded grounds of a historic Franciscan monastery

in the southern Dutch village of Vlodrop, about 125 miles southeast of

Amsterdam.

Concerned about his fragile health, he secluded himself in two rooms of the

wooden pavilion he built on the compound, speaking only by video to aides

around the world and even to his closest advisers in the same building.

John Hagelin, a theoretical physicist who ran for the U.S. presidency three

times on the Maharishi-backed Natural Law Party, said that from the Dutch

location Maharishi had daylong access to followers in India, Europe and the

Americas.

" He runs several shifts of us into the ground, " said Hagelin, Maharishi's

closest aid, speaking in Vlodrop about his then-89-year-old mentor. " He is a

fountainhead of innovation and new ideas — far too many than you can ever

follow up. "

*Amsterdam-based Associated Press writer Arthur Max contributed to this

report.*

 

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Facilitator/Astrologer

www.Devi3.byregion.net

 

Whatever you perceive, it's love you receive.

 

 

 

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Solar that is, I have two ascendants of him Aquarius and

Capricorn.Jabalpur,India Jan 12, 1917 8:39 am makes sense as the Moon

and Sun are in the twelfth.

8:50 as well, because I understood his Sun to be in the twelfth.

 

Sally

 

, " Sally Spencer " <sally234 wrote:

>

> On the solar eclipse..farewell..

>

> Aloha,

>

> Sally

>

>

>

> Full coverage

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> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies By MIKE CORDER – 4 hours ago

> THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the

Beatles

> who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday

at his

> home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought

to be 91

> years old.

> " He died peacefully at about 7 p.m., " said Bob Roth, a spokesman for the

> Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi founded. He

said his

> death appeared to be due to " natural causes, his age. "

> Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind

control that

> Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained

medical

> respectability.

> He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to the United

States

> in 1959. But the movement really took off after the Beatles visited his

> ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out with

the rock

> stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan retreat.

> With the help of celebrity endorsements, Maharishi — a

Hindi-language title

> for Great Seer — parlayed his interpretations of ancient scripture

into a

> multi-million-dollar global empire.

> After 50 years of teaching, Maharishi turned to larger themes, with

grand

> designs to harness the power of group meditation to create world

peace and

> to mobilize his devotees to banish poverty from the earth.

> Maharishi's roster of famous meditators ran from The Rolling Stones

to Clint

> Eastwood and new age preacher Deepak Chopra.

> Director David Lynch, creator of dark and violent films, lectured at

college

> campuses about the " ocean of tranquility " he found in more than 30

years of

> practicing transcendental meditation.

> Some 5 million people devoted 20 minutes every morning and evening

reciting

> a simple sound, or mantra, and delving into their consciousness.

> " Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear, "

> Maharishi said in a 2006 interview, repeating one of his own mantras.

> Donations and the $2,500 fee to learn TM financed the construction

of Peace

> Palaces, or meditation centers, in dozens of cities around the world. It

> paid for hundreds of new schools in India.

> In 1971, Maharishi founded a university in Fairfield, Iowa, that taught

> meditation alongside the arts and sciences to 700 students and served

> organic vegetarian food in its cafeterias.

> Supporters pointed to hundreds of scientific studies showing that

meditation

> reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves concentration and raises

> results for students and businessmen.

> Skeptics ridiculed his plan to raise $10 trillion to end poverty by

> sponsoring organic farming in the world's poorest countries. They

scoffed at

> his notion that meditation groups, acting like psychic shock troops,

can end

> conflict.

> " To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish

approach, " he

> said.

> In 1986, two groups founded by his organization were sued in the U.S. by

> former disciples who accused it of fraud, negligence and intentionally

> inflicting emotional damage. A jury, however, refused to award punitive

> damages.

> Over the years, Maharishi also was accused of fraud by former pupils who

> claim he failed to teach them to fly. " Yogic flying, " showcased as the

> ultimate level of transcendence, was never witnessed as anything

more than

> TM followers sitting in the cross-legged lotus position and bouncing

across

> spongy mats.

> Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava in central India, reportedly on

Jan.

> 12, 1917 — though he refused to confirm the date or discuss his

early life.

> He studied physics at Allahabad University before becoming secretary

to a

> well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his teacher, Maharishi

went

> into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the Himalayan foothills of

> northern India.

> With his background in physics, he brought his message to the West in a

> language that mixed the occult and science that became the buzz of

college

> campuses. He described TM as " the unified field of all the laws of

nature. "

> Maharishi's trademark flowing beard and long, graying hair appeared

on the

> cover of the leading news magazines of the day.

> But aides say Maharishi became disillusioned that TM had become

identified

> with the counterculture, and he spent more time at his ashram in

Rishikesh

> in the Himalayan foothills to run his global affairs.

> In 1990 he moved onto the wooded grounds of a historic Franciscan

monastery

> in the southern Dutch village of Vlodrop, about 125 miles southeast of

> Amsterdam.

> Concerned about his fragile health, he secluded himself in two rooms

of the

> wooden pavilion he built on the compound, speaking only by video to

aides

> around the world and even to his closest advisers in the same building.

> John Hagelin, a theoretical physicist who ran for the U.S.

presidency three

> times on the Maharishi-backed Natural Law Party, said that from the

Dutch

> location Maharishi had daylong access to followers in India, Europe

and the

> Americas.

> " He runs several shifts of us into the ground, " said Hagelin,

Maharishi's

> closest aid, speaking in Vlodrop about his then-89-year-old mentor.

" He is a

> fountainhead of innovation and new ideas — far too many than you can

ever

> follow up. "

> *Amsterdam-based Associated Press writer Arthur Max contributed to this

> report.*

>

> ------------------------------

>

>

>

>

> --

> Sally Spencer

> Facilitator/Astrologer

> www.Devi3.byregion.net

>

> Whatever you perceive, it's love you receive.

>

>

>

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Thanks, Sally...

Already knew

Aloha

Jorge

 

 

On 2/6/08, Sally Spencer <sally234 wrote:

>

> On the soloar eclipse..farewell..

>

> Aloha,

>

> Sally

>

>

>

> Full coverage »<

>

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en_US & ncl=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9MU\

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> >

> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies By MIKE CORDER – 4 hours ago

> THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles

> who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his

> home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be

> 91

> years old.

> " He died peacefully at about 7 p.m., " said Bob Roth, a spokesman for the

> Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi founded. He said his

> death appeared to be due to " natural causes, his age. "

> Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind control

> that

> Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained

> medical

> respectability.

> He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to the United

> States

> in 1959. But the movement really took off after the Beatles visited his

> ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out with the

> rock

> stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan retreat.

> With the help of celebrity endorsements, Maharishi — a Hindi-language

> title

> for Great Seer — parlayed his interpretations of ancient scripture into a

> multi-million-dollar global empire.

> After 50 years of teaching, Maharishi turned to larger themes, with grand

> designs to harness the power of group meditation to create world peace and

> to mobilize his devotees to banish poverty from the earth.

> Maharishi's roster of famous meditators ran from The Rolling Stones to

> Clint

> Eastwood and new age preacher Deepak Chopra.

> Director David Lynch, creator of dark and violent films, lectured at

> college

> campuses about the " ocean of tranquility " he found in more than 30 years

> of

> practicing transcendental meditation.

> Some 5 million people devoted 20 minutes every morning and evening

> reciting

> a simple sound, or mantra, and delving into their consciousness.

> " Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear, "

> Maharishi said in a 2006 interview, repeating one of his own mantras.

> Donations and the $2,500 fee to learn TM financed the construction of

> Peace

> Palaces, or meditation centers, in dozens of cities around the world. It

> paid for hundreds of new schools in India.

> In 1971, Maharishi founded a university in Fairfield, Iowa, that taught

> meditation alongside the arts and sciences to 700 students and served

> organic vegetarian food in its cafeterias.

> Supporters pointed to hundreds of scientific studies showing that

> meditation

> reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves concentration and raises

> results for students and businessmen.

> Skeptics ridiculed his plan to raise $10 trillion to end poverty by

> sponsoring organic farming in the world's poorest countries. They scoffed

> at

> his notion that meditation groups, acting like psychic shock troops, can

> end

> conflict.

> " To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach, " he

> said.

> In 1986, two groups founded by his organization were sued in the U.S. by

> former disciples who accused it of fraud, negligence and intentionally

> inflicting emotional damage. A jury, however, refused to award punitive

> damages.

> Over the years, Maharishi also was accused of fraud by former pupils who

> claim he failed to teach them to fly. " Yogic flying, " showcased as the

> ultimate level of transcendence, was never witnessed as anything more than

> TM followers sitting in the cross-legged lotus position and bouncing

> across

> spongy mats.

> Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava in central India, reportedly on Jan.

> 12, 1917 — though he refused to confirm the date or discuss his early

> life.

> He studied physics at Allahabad University before becoming secretary to a

> well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his teacher, Maharishi went

> into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the Himalayan foothills of

> northern India.

> With his background in physics, he brought his message to the West in a

> language that mixed the occult and science that became the buzz of college

> campuses. He described TM as " the unified field of all the laws of

> nature. "

> Maharishi's trademark flowing beard and long, graying hair appeared on the

> cover of the leading news magazines of the day.

> But aides say Maharishi became disillusioned that TM had become identified

> with the counterculture, and he spent more time at his ashram in Rishikesh

> in the Himalayan foothills to run his global affairs.

> In 1990 he moved onto the wooded grounds of a historic Franciscan

> monastery

> in the southern Dutch village of Vlodrop, about 125 miles southeast of

> Amsterdam.

> Concerned about his fragile health, he secluded himself in two rooms of

> the

> wooden pavilion he built on the compound, speaking only by video to aides

> around the world and even to his closest advisers in the same building.

> John Hagelin, a theoretical physicist who ran for the U.S. presidency

> three

> times on the Maharishi-backed Natural Law Party, said that from the Dutch

> location Maharishi had daylong access to followers in India, Europe and

> the

> Americas.

> " He runs several shifts of us into the ground, " said Hagelin, Maharishi's

> closest aid, speaking in Vlodrop about his then-89-year-old mentor. " He is

> a

> fountainhead of innovation and new ideas — far too many than you can ever

> follow up. "

> *Amsterdam-based Associated Press writer Arthur Max contributed to this

> report.*

>

> ------------------------------

>

>

>

>

> --

> Sally Spencer

> Facilitator/Astrologer

> www.Devi3.byregion.net

>

> Whatever you perceive, it's love you receive.

>

>

>

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Hello Dear Sally,

 

According to the birth information posted by you, The Moon is not in the 12h.

According to the Capricorn rising sign, Moon is in 8h of Leo and Sun is in 12h

at R/K axis with 10L Venus. It appears that there is an error.

 

Best wishes and regards...........Amar Puri.

 

 

: sally234: Wed, 6 Feb 2008

04:29:09 +0000 Re: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

 

 

 

 

Solar that is, I have two ascendants of him Aquarius andCapricorn.Jabalpur,India

Jan 12, 1917 8:39 am makes sense as the Moonand Sun are in the twelfth.8:50 as

well, because I understood his Sun to be in the twelfth.Sally--- In

, " Sally Spencer " <sally234 wrote:>> On the solar

eclipse..farewell..> > Aloha,> > Sally> > > > Full

coverage»<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en_US & ncl=http://ap.google.com/article/\

ALeqM5g9MUBXBQ5Si28xQHK_ZYDxoA48xQD8UKF7F80>> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies By MIKE

CORDER – 4 hours ago> THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a

guru to theBeatles> who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died

Tuesdayat his> home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was

thoughtto be 91> years old.> " He died peacefully at about 7 p.m., " said Bob

Roth, a spokesman for the> Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi

founded. Hesaid his> death appeared to be due to " natural causes, his age. " >

Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mindcontrol that>

Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gainedmedical>

respectability.> He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to the

UnitedStates> in 1959. But the movement really took off after the Beatles

visited his> ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out

withthe rock> stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan

retreat.> With the help of celebrity endorsements, Maharishi — aHindi-language

title> for Great Seer — parlayed his interpretations of ancient scriptureinto a>

multi-million-dollar global empire.> After 50 years of teaching, Maharishi

turned to larger themes, withgrand> designs to harness the power of group

meditation to create worldpeace and> to mobilize his devotees to banish poverty

from the earth.> Maharishi's roster of famous meditators ran from The Rolling

Stonesto Clint> Eastwood and new age preacher Deepak Chopra.> Director David

Lynch, creator of dark and violent films, lectured atcollege> campuses about the

" ocean of tranquility " he found in more than 30years of> practicing

transcendental meditation.> Some 5 million people devoted 20 minutes every

morning and eveningreciting> a simple sound, or mantra, and delving into their

consciousness.> " Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will

disappear, " > Maharishi said in a 2006 interview, repeating one of his own

mantras.> Donations and the $2,500 fee to learn TM financed the constructionof

Peace> Palaces, or meditation centers, in dozens of cities around the world. It>

paid for hundreds of new schools in India.> In 1971, Maharishi founded a

university in Fairfield, Iowa, that taught> meditation alongside the arts and

sciences to 700 students and served> organic vegetarian food in its cafeterias.>

Supporters pointed to hundreds of scientific studies showing thatmeditation>

reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves concentration and raises>

results for students and businessmen.> Skeptics ridiculed his plan to raise $10

trillion to end poverty by> sponsoring organic farming in the world's poorest

countries. Theyscoffed at> his notion that meditation groups, acting like

psychic shock troops,can end> conflict.> " To resolve problems through

negotiation is a very childishapproach, " he> said.> In 1986, two groups founded

by his organization were sued in the U.S. by> former disciples who accused it of

fraud, negligence and intentionally> inflicting emotional damage. A jury,

however, refused to award punitive> damages.> Over the years, Maharishi also was

accused of fraud by former pupils who> claim he failed to teach them to fly.

" Yogic flying, " showcased as the> ultimate level of transcendence, was never

witnessed as anythingmore than> TM followers sitting in the cross-legged lotus

position and bouncingacross> spongy mats.> Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava

in central India, reportedly onJan.> 12, 1917 — though he refused to confirm the

date or discuss hisearly life.> He studied physics at Allahabad University

before becoming secretaryto a> well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his

teacher, Maharishiwent> into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the

Himalayan foothills of> northern India.> With his background in physics, he

brought his message to the West in a> language that mixed the occult and science

that became the buzz ofcollege> campuses. He described TM as " the unified field

of all the laws ofnature. " > Maharishi's trademark flowing beard and long,

graying hair appearedon the> cover of the leading news magazines of the day.>

But aides say Maharishi became disillusioned that TM had becomeidentified> with

the counterculture, and he spent more time at his ashram inRishikesh> in the

Himalayan foothills to run his global affairs.> In 1990 he moved onto the wooded

grounds of a historic Franciscanmonastery> in the southern Dutch village of

Vlodrop, about 125 miles southeast of> Amsterdam.> Concerned about his fragile

health, he secluded himself in two roomsof the> wooden pavilion he built on the

compound, speaking only by video toaides> around the world and even to his

closest advisers in the same building.> John Hagelin, a theoretical physicist

who ran for the U.S.presidency three> times on the Maharishi-backed Natural Law

Party, said that from theDutch> location Maharishi had daylong access to

followers in India, Europeand the> Americas.> " He runs several shifts of us into

the ground, " said Hagelin,Maharishi's> closest aid, speaking in Vlodrop about

his then-89-year-old mentor. " He is a> fountainhead of innovation and new ideas —

far too many than you canever> follow up. " > *Amsterdam-based Associated Press

writer Arthur Max contributed to this> report.*> >

------------------------------> > > > > -- > Sally Spencer>

Facilitator/Astrologer> www.Devi3.byregion.net> > Whatever you perceive, it's

love you receive.> > >

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Thank you Amar. It appears the time zone was set at 5.05, which disturbed

things.

 

Aloha,

 

Sally

 

On Feb 7, 2008 5:39 PM, Amar Puri <absolutefinancial wrote:

 

>

> Hello Dear Sally,

>

> According to the birth information posted by you, The Moon is not in the

> 12h. According to the Capricorn rising sign, Moon is in 8h of Leo and Sun

> is in 12h at R/K axis with 10L Venus. It appears that there is an error.

>

> Best wishes and regards...........Amar Puri.

>

>

> : sally234: Wed, 6 Feb 2008

> 04:29:09 +0000 Re: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

>

>

>

>

> Solar that is, I have two ascendants of him Aquarius

andCapricorn.Jabalpur,India

> Jan 12, 1917 8:39 am makes sense as the Moonand Sun are in the twelfth.8:50

> as well, because I understood his Sun to be in the twelfth.Sally--- In

> , " Sally Spencer " <sally234 wrote:>> On the

> solar eclipse..farewell..> > Aloha,> > Sally> > > > Full coverage»<

>

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en_US & ncl=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9MU\

BXBQ5Si28xQHK_ZYDxoA48xQD8UKF7F80>>

> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies By MIKE CORDER – 4 hours ago> THE HAGUE,

> Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to theBeatles> who

> introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesdayat his> home

> in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thoughtto be 91>

> years old.> " He died peacefully at about 7 p.m., " said Bob Roth, a

> spokesman for the> Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi

> founded. Hesaid his> death appeared to be due to " natural causes, his age. " >

> Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mindcontrol that>

> Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gainedmedical>

> respectability.> He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to

> the UnitedStates> in 1959. But the movement really took off after the

> Beatles visited his> ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous

> falling out withthe rock> stars when he discovered them using drugs at his

> Himalayan retreat.> With the help of celebrity endorsements, Maharishi —

> aHindi-language title> for Great Seer — parlayed his interpretations of

> ancient scriptureinto a> multi-million-dollar global empire.> After 50 years

> of teaching, Maharishi turned to larger themes, withgrand> designs to

> harness the power of group meditation to create worldpeace and> to mobilize

> his devotees to banish poverty from the earth.> Maharishi's roster of famous

> meditators ran from The Rolling Stonesto Clint> Eastwood and new age

> preacher Deepak Chopra.> Director David Lynch, creator of dark and violent

> films, lectured atcollege> campuses about the " ocean of tranquility " he

> found in more than 30years of> practicing transcendental meditation.> Some 5

> million people devoted 20 minutes every morning and eveningreciting> a

> simple sound, or mantra, and delving into their consciousness.> " Don't fight

> darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear, " > Maharishi said in

> a 2006 interview, repeating one of his own mantras.> Donations and the

> $2,500 fee to learn TM financed the constructionof Peace> Palaces, or

> meditation centers, in dozens of cities around the world. It> paid for

> hundreds of new schools in India.> In 1971, Maharishi founded a university

> in Fairfield, Iowa, that taught> meditation alongside the arts and sciences

> to 700 students and served> organic vegetarian food in its cafeterias.>

> Supporters pointed to hundreds of scientific studies showing thatmeditation>

> reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves concentration and raises>

> results for students and businessmen.> Skeptics ridiculed his plan to raise

> $10 trillion to end poverty by> sponsoring organic farming in the world's

> poorest countries. Theyscoffed at> his notion that meditation groups, acting

> like psychic shock troops,can end> conflict.> " To resolve problems through

> negotiation is a very childishapproach, " he> said.> In 1986, two groups

> founded by his organization were sued in the U.S. by> former disciples who

> accused it of fraud, negligence and intentionally> inflicting emotional

> damage. A jury, however, refused to award punitive> damages.> Over the

> years, Maharishi also was accused of fraud by former pupils who> claim he

> failed to teach them to fly. " Yogic flying, " showcased as the> ultimate

> level of transcendence, was never witnessed as anythingmore than> TM

> followers sitting in the cross-legged lotus position and bouncingacross>

> spongy mats.> Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava in central India,

> reportedly onJan.> 12, 1917 — though he refused to confirm the date or

> discuss hisearly life.> He studied physics at Allahabad University before

> becoming secretaryto a> well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his

> teacher, Maharishiwent> into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the

> Himalayan foothills of> northern India.> With his background in physics, he

> brought his message to the West in a> language that mixed the occult and

> science that became the buzz ofcollege> campuses. He described TM as " the

> unified field of all the laws ofnature. " > Maharishi's trademark flowing

> beard and long, graying hair appearedon the> cover of the leading news

> magazines of the day.> But aides say Maharishi became disillusioned that TM

> had becomeidentified> with the counterculture, and he spent more time at his

> ashram inRishikesh> in the Himalayan foothills to run his global affairs.>

> In 1990 he moved onto the wooded grounds of a historic Franciscanmonastery>

> in the southern Dutch village of Vlodrop, about 125 miles southeast of>

> Amsterdam.> Concerned about his fragile health, he secluded himself in two

> roomsof the> wooden pavilion he built on the compound, speaking only by

> video toaides> around the world and even to his closest advisers in the same

> building.> John Hagelin, a theoretical physicist who ran for the

> U.S.presidency three> times on the Maharishi-backed Natural Law Party,

> said that from theDutch> location Maharishi had daylong access to followers

> in India, Europeand the> Americas.> " He runs several shifts of us into the

> ground, " said Hagelin,Maharishi's> closest aid, speaking in Vlodrop about

> his then-89-year-old mentor. " He is a> fountainhead of innovation and new

> ideas — far too many than you canever> follow up. " > *Amsterdam-based

> Associated Press writer Arthur Max contributed to this> report.*> >

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> Facilitator/Astrologer> www.Devi3.byregion.net> > Whatever you perceive,

> it's love you receive.> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been

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