John Lennon wrote a song full of expletives called ‘Maharishi’. Then he had to tone it down

The Beatles with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
At the screening of his documentary, ‘The Beatles and India’, Ajoy Bose showed how the band’s visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram helped export Indian classical music to the West.

Ashutosh Anil Gudi

The Print

14 December, 2024

New Delhi: John Lennon was so distraught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s betrayal that he wrote a song full of expletives directed at his former spiritual guru who introduced the West to ‘transcendental meditation’.

He wanted to call it ‘Maharishi’.

“The rest of The Beatles convinced him to rename the song to Sexy Sadie and tone it down,” said filmmaker Ajoy Bose at the screening of his 2021 documentary, The Beatles and India earlier this month at New Delhi’s India International Centre. “It had to be re-written, but it still carries the same sentiments; the lament that the Maharishi had everyone fooled.”

Bose, in his documentary, explores the cultural bridge between India and the West, which The Beatles along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi built together. They even visited the Maharishi’s Rishikesh ashram in 1968—but soon had a falling out over allegations that the Maharishi molested multiple women devotees including Mia Farrow.

The Maharishi also attempted to exploit The Beatles, referring to himself as their ‘spiritual teacher’ in a recording of his lectures. He also made a promise to the American Broadcasting Corporation that the group would be appearing in a television special without their consent.

The documentary shows how The Beatles’ visit to the ashram helped export not just Indian spirituality and yoga to the West, but also classical music. George Harrison incorporated the sitar in his music, in turn inspiring many artists and bands such as Donovan and The Mamas & The Papas.

“The Beatles were a very important part of my growing up in the ’60s. I was even commissioned to write a book on them by Penguin Random House because they wanted a fan account of them instead of an expert account. Writing my book and making this film had me really rediscover my favourite band,” Bose said. It’s a fascination he shares with the rest of the world.

The Beatles will never go out of style—and as Bose put it, “It goes beyond their music.”

Maharishi’s curse

The Maharishi’s cult status and the adulation from the West became a hotbed of intrigue. In Parliament, the Opposition alleged that the godman and his guests were in cahoots with the CIA to destabilise India. There was another rumour doing the rounds–that the Maharishi had cursed The Beatles, warning them that they would break up if they did not practice transcendental meditation.

Two years later, this came true. Bose, however, dismissed an audience member’s question on whether there was any truth to it.

“I think, for The Beatles, the time had already come before the curse. They were really all not together, and they had started fading away fast, and after 1967, everyone wanted to get out while only Paul wanted to stay,” he said.

He was impressed by their professionalism and commitment to their fans.

“They didn’t let their internal dynamics compromise their music.”

The infamous fallout between the godman and the idols made headlines all over the world. But it didn’t end there. French author Come Carpentier, who attended the screening, pointed out that over the years, there were attempts to mend the bridge, which Bose’s documentary also captures.

“There was a greater reconciliation because there was something higher than whatever transpired between The Beatles and the Maharishi,” he said.

“The Beatles essentially said that even though we made a mistake, this is what changed our lives and that is much better than whatever may have been said about the Maharishi.”

“This is the nature of India, and that is reflected very well in this film,” said Carpentier. “The legend of India remains no matter what is said about any guru, because there is something much higher about India than any individual’s behaviour, which is always affected by weaknesses such as those of the Maharishi,” he added.

Past and present, superimposed

The documentary is not rooted in the past. Through the film, Bose juxtaposes archival footage of The Beatles during their 1968 visit with present-day images of the locations.

A black–and–white scene shows the ‘Beatles Ashram’ in Rishikesh in ruins, followed by footage of John Lenon walking in the same landscape.

Bose explained that it was a superimposition of archival footage with recent images.

“We, in fact, had a special guy to do that. He had drawn this whole thing out, how exactly to do it. The editing team’s magic is behind this execution,” Bose said.

Incidentally, the ashram is slated for an overhaul to make it a tourist attraction.

Although The Beatles may have left the Maharishi and his ashram behind, Bose’s documentary shows that their romance with India ensured the country’s spiritual legacy found its rhythm in the global consciousness.

(Edited by Prasanna Bachchhav)

https://theprint.in/feature/around-town/john-lennon-wrote-song-expletives-maharishi/2402941/

Finding lost Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh woods

Raju Gusain

First Post
December 8, 2024

Six years back, when a forest ranger was walking with an American author inside the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram in Rishikesh, they found the bungalow where the world-famous musical band, the Beatles, stayed during their 1968 Rishikesh.

The building where the world-famous musical band, the Beatles, stayed during their 1968 Rishikesh tour remained in complete neglect and unidentified for many decades. It was in 2018; the bungalow was traced, and now it has turned into a major attraction for tourists and Beatles fans.


George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr travelled to Rishikesh to learn meditation from their guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in 1968. They stayed in the spiritual camp of Maharishi, and there was little information about the bungalow where the music stars dwelled and composed many of their iconic songs. Mahesh Yogi took 15 acres of land on lease for setting up his camp from the forest department in 1961, but he had to abandon the campus and hand it over to the government after a court order in 1999. Now the former ashram of Maharishi is managed by the Rajaji Tiger Reserve of the Uttarakhand forest department.

The incident took place some six years back when a forest ranger was walking with an American author inside the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram in Rishikesh. The American was meditation teacher and film producer Prudence Anne Villiers Farrow, who had stayed with the Beatles in the Ashram in 1968. The forest staff casually asked, “Do you remember the house where you had stayed with the Beatles?”

The reply of the guest made forest ranger Rajendra Nautiyal jump with joy. Prudence Farrow plainly said, “The building was located near the back gate, and it was U-shaped.” These two clues were good enough to identify the building. Prudence and Nautiyal hurriedly walked toward the back gate. Carefully walking through the wild bushes as they reached the spot, Prudence Farrow verified, “Yes, this is the building!” Had Prudence not toured India in 2018, the landmark building would have remained unidentified forever.

Beatles Bungalow
The scene must have shocked Prudence. The seven-room bungalow with a veranda was covered with wild bushes. The building, which was a hub of vibrant activities with the Fab Four’s arrival, was vandalised, like the other 200-odd structures at the Chaurasi Kutiya Ashram. With broken doors and windows narrating a sad story! Miscreants had taken away all the valuables and bathroom fittings. The building was in a dilapidated condition.Ringo stayed in the Maharishi Ashram for 10 days, Paul McCartney for five weeks, and John Lennon and George Harrison each for eight weeks. They stayed in the bungalow and composed 48 songs. The stay was one of the most creative periods of their career! Many of their compositions featured in their famous ‘The White Album’ and ‘Let it be.’

A happy Rajendra Nautiya says, “With the tour of Prudence Farrow, the mystery over the place where the Fab Four had stayed during their 1968 tour got solved. Now this building is known as the Beatles Bungalow.”

After the identification, the bushes were cleared and garbage/waste removed. Now, everyday tourists in large numbers go there to have a look at the building that was named as ‘Rishikesh Hilton’ in 1968 by the western media. A building that remained forgotten for a long time. Two rooms are linked to two famous Beatles songs. To tease Prudence Farrow, who used to meditate for long hours, John Lennon composed the song ‘Dear Prudence’ song. Lennon suffered from insomnia in the Ashram, and this inspired him to write, ‘I’m So Tired.’

The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram takes the visitors on an epic journey highlighting the legacy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the famous trip of the Beatles. As the forest department took control in 1999, they put a ban on public movement in the campus. Miscreants found a golden opportunity and looted all the valuables from the campus. They vandalised all the buildings, and presently Chaurasi Kutiya is a hub of about 200 damaged buildings.

From 1999, the bad days of the Chaurasi Kutiya started. It continued till 2015, when the Uttarakhand government decided to reopen the former spiritual camp of Maharishi for the tourists. The move evoked a warm response from the tourists, and last year 1.19 lakh Indians and over eleven thousand foreign tourists visited the place now famous as the Beatles Ashram. Local guide Alok Upreti says, “The foreign tourists are thrilled by seeing the Beatles bungalow. They are surprised to find that the famous band member stayed in ordinary rooms.”

Now the Uttarakhand government is planning a major redevelopment plan at the Ashram. In a cabinet decision, held last year in August, the Uttarakhand government announced hiring a Gujarat-based firm to draft a master plan to develop Chaurasi Kutiya as an international destination.

After the Beatles tour, major infrastructure development activities took place on the front side of the Chaurasi Kutiya. The construction of 121 igloo-type structures was one of them. Least development work took place on the back side of the Ashram. The bungalow where the Beatles stayed was first used as staff rooms and later as a school. Blackboards still exist in the rooms where George, John, Paul, and Ringo had stayed.

The Uttarakhand forest department should be thankful to Prudence Farrow for adding a major attraction to Chaurasi Kutiya.

https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/finding-lost-beatles-ashram-in-rishikesh-woods-13842706.html#goog_rewarded

Gujarat architecture firm to spruce up Beatles ashram in Rishikesh

Beena Parmar

The Economic Times

"AHMEDABAD: The iconic Chaurasi Kutiya (84 huts) Ashram, where the British band 'The Beatles' practised yoga, wrote and composed songs, in Rishikesh, is set to be renovated by a Gujarat-based architecture firm. The Beatles' fab four, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, stayed at the ashram inside Rajaji National Park near Rishikesh town in 1968.

The Uttarakhand government has awarded HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt Ltd to renovate the ashram, originally established by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1961 on 7.5 hectares of forest land as a meditation centre.

HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd has its head office in Ahmedabad city.

Notably, the firm led by architect Bimal Patel has undertaken some big-ticket projects in the recent past, including the Central Vista, the new parliament complex and the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.

The firm is presently working on the redevelopment of Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad city.

The Chaurasi Kutiya Ashram gained popularity after the British band spent nearly three months practising yoga and meditation at the facility in 1968. The band's stay was said to be the most productive period for their songwriting, and they penned more than 30 songs.

Anand Patel, project head at the firm, said the renovation, with an estimated cost of Rs 90 crore, would commence by the end of 2024 and may take a year and a half to be completed.

Talking to PTI, Patel said, "This is a Uttarakhand government project. As far as we know, the Centre came up with this idea of redevelopment after several foreign delegates who attended a G20 meeting in Rishikesh last year inquired about this place and expressed their desire to visit it. The Centre then requested the Uttarakhand government to see if it can be developed."

As the ashram is inside a forest, it will remain a "low-impact tourism spot" with minimal noise or other activities that can adversely impact the environment, he said.

The place is sought after by foreign and Indian tourists, mainly because of its connection with The Beatles, he said.

"The place is over 50 years old, and we will be repairing it without changing its original character so that visitors get an idea about its original form," Patel said.

He said the renovation will be done in such a way that tourists get an idea about its key features and characters through exhibitions on The Beatles, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, ecology, yoga and music.

"Of nearly 25 small and medium structures which are part of the Ashram, we will renovate 12 and leave the other 13 as they are so that people get an idea about how it looked when it was established over five decades ago," Patel said."

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/construction/gujarat-architecture-firm-to-spruce-up-beatles-ashram-in-rishikesh/articleshow/114583287.cms

55 Years Ago: A Self-Titled LP Signals Beginning of Beatles' End

Ultimate Classic Rock

November 2023

The name of the album may have signified a unified front, but it was really the beginning of the end. On Nov. 22, 1968, the Beatles released their self-titled two-LP set, which would soon be known as the White Album.

Perhaps its title was a way of showing the world that the tumultuous year they had endured could only strengthen them. After all, the Beatles should have celebrated a victory lap following the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Instead, they appeared to be in a free-fall. The Beatles had suffered the death of manager Brian Epstein, created their first critical disaster (the Magical Mystery Tour film), fallen out with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and seen Apple, their new business venture, get off to an inauspicious beginning.

Unknown to the public at the time, the recording sessions for The Beatles were incredibly fractious, with the songwriters working on their tracks in separate studios and bringing in the others when needed. It didn’t help that John Lennon insisted on having Yoko Ono, his new girlfriend, in the studio with him.

Animosity Leads to Double Album Concept

Drummer Ringo Starr even quit the band for a few weeks during the White Album sessions, frustrated by escalating tensions in the studio. So, a little bit of defensive overcompensation from the group could perhaps be forgiven.

In fact, The Beatles only became a double album because of mutual animosity, as way to appease all parties involved. Most agree that the project might have been better served by paring it down to a single disc – except Paul McCartney, who defended its length in Anthology by saying, “It’s great, it sold, it’s the bloody Beatles’ White Album. Shut up!” – but there’s no consensus on which songs should have been omitted.

The record’s chief selling point is the command with which the group handled its sprawling diversity. McCartney filtered the previous 50 years of American music through his own perspective. He tries his hand at folk (“Blackbird,” “Mother Nature’s Son”), country (“Rocky Raccoon”), Tin Pan Alley-style balladry (“I Will”), vaudeville (“Honey Pie”), Fats Domino (“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”) and the Beach Boys via Chuck Berry (“Back in the U.S.S.R.”).

Lennon, for his part, was looking toward the future with more abstract songs like “Happiness Is a Warm Gun,” “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill,” “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” and the avant-garde sound collage “Revolution 9.” Conversely, he also wrote some of his most overtly autobiographical material to date in “Julia” and “Sexy Sadie,” his parting shot at the Maharishi.

George Harrison Comes Into His Own

Meanwhile, George Harrison was very quickly coming into his own as a songwriter, penning “Piggies,” “Long Long Long,” “Savoy Truffle” and one of his most beloved cuts, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which featured a guest solo from his good friend Eric Clapton. Even Starr got in on the act with his first composition, offering a honky-tonk arrangement on “Don’t Pass Me By” that is charmingly clunky. (Years later, the Georgia Satellites’ slamming cover gave it the treatment it needed.)

Even if the music didn’t reflect the disharmony within the group, the packaging provided hints. For the only time in the Beatles’ history, the LP cover didn’t feature a photograph or drawing of the band. Instead, pop artist Richard Hamilton envisioned an all-white sleeve with “The Beatles” embossed slightly off-center and with a serial number stamped below it. The only visual representation of the four men came in the individual photographs by John Kelly that were included inside the album.

The Beatles would continue to make music that met their incredibly high standards, but damage done during the sessions for the White Album would prove to be irreparable. In an attempt to fix the situation, McCartney suggested that the group return to their roots as a rock band without all the added distractions.

As the original Let it Be movie shows, however, by then it was too late. Within a year and a half of the release of the The Beatles, the group would be dissolved in a series of acrimonious lawsuits.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/55-years-ago-a-self-titled-lp-signals-beginning-of-beatles-end/ar-AA1kmuPS

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The Bookseller: Blink to publish 'unflinching' memoir of breaking away from Christian sect

" ... Out of Faith: A Mother, A Sect and A Journey to Freedom by Maria Compton (writing under a pseudonym) will be published in hardback, audio, and e-book on August 15th, 2024."

" ... The author was born and raised in The Plymouth Brethren Christian church believing the end of the world was near. She was married as a teenager to a man she barely knew.

Compton said: 'Writing this memoir has been one of the most difficult yet therapeutic things I've done since I escaped the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. As I immerse myself into the chapters of my life within this strict sect, my hope is for my story to not only illuminate the trauma and sacrifices of breaking free but also to show the empowering journey of finding freedom and embracing my true self.'"

EEW: Tragic Stampede at Bhole Baba's Gathering: Understanding the 'godmen' Phenomenon

"In the small village of Bahadurnagar, India, 85-year-old Ramkumari claimed that a simple pat on the back from preacher Bhole Baba made her kidney stone disappear. Although she offered no proof, such stories of miraculous healings have skyrocketed Baba's following in northern India.

Last week, a massive gathering in a crowded field to hear Bhole Baba speak drew a staggering 250,000 people, resulting in one of the deadliest stampedes in the country's history, reports Reuters.

Born Suraj Pal Singh Jatav, Bhole Baba, which means "Innocent Elder," left his job as a police constable in 2000 to join the ranks of Hindu preachers known as "godmen." These figures are sought after for their supposed miracle cures and spiritual guidance, wielding significant influence and often attracting political attention."

Highbrow: 'Meeting The Beatles in India' Highlights the Fab Four's Encounters With the Maharishi

" ...  For any Beatles fan, the documentation of this period is a holy grail. The images and anecdotes captured by Saltzman provide insight into the group's creative process and its eventual culmination in The White Album. Throughout this journey of self-discovery, Saltzman recounts being a firsthand witness to the inception of songs like "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" or "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill." For any fan (myself included), these moments are awe-inspiring and, in some ways, even comforting to see the beauty unfold. Yet, therein lies the fundamental flaw of the film's storytelling: nostalgia left unchecked.

It is an impossible task to uncover in the span of 800 minutes, let alone the film's runtime of 80 minutes. As a result, Saltzman's retelling of his time there feels nostalgic, almost to the point of blissful ignorance. The film presents a narrative with rose-colored glasses, focusing on the positive reactions of TM and the beliefs of Yogi, while seemingly avoiding the spiritual guru's alleged sexual misconduct. Mia Farrow, briefly mentioned in the documentary as one of the high-profile celebrities studying under Yogi and interacting with the band, has been candid about her experience there. The film spends little of its runtime discussing Farrow's alleged sexual assault at the hands of the spiritual guru, which ultimately is believed to have been a factor in the band's decision to leave Rishikesh."

Duvar: Court of Cassation upholds 8,658-year prison sentence for Islamic televangelist cult leader

"Turkey's Court of Cassation upheld 8,658-year prison sentence given to Islamic televangelist cult leader Adnan Oktar who involved in sexual assult, deprivation of liberty, torture and many more crimes.

The Court of Cassation, Turkey's highest appeal court, on July 10 upheld the 8,658-year prison sentence delivered to notorious cult leader Adnan Oktar.

In November 2023, a local court sentenced Oktar to 8,658 years in prison over the charges of "leadership of a terrorist organization," "sexual abuse," "holding a person against their will," "torture," "interruption of the right to education," and "recording personal data," along with other members of the cult."

True Crime Travel: Man MISSING 11 Years Ago From Yoga Retreat In Bahamas Before Taylor Casey!

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What I Believe - by Beatle John

In 1967 John Lennon gave an exclusive interview to The Daily Sketch which was published in their October 9th edition.

Entitled 'What I Believe - by Beatle John,' the interview focused on the changing attitudes of the late-sixties, flower power and the Beatles' spiritual endeavors with the Maharishi. The paper's conservative slant can be gently felt in the tone of the questions as Lennon is asked about the religious implications of their new eastern interests, and what role it all plays in context with LSD, fame, and Christianity.

Following this interview, after spending time with the Maharishi in Rishikesh in 1968, the group began to denounce, specifically, following the Yogi. What had NOT changed however was that the Beatles still believed strongly that meditation and eastern spiritualism were both beneficial and life-transforming.

The Daily Sketch newspaper was founded in 1909 and was considered Britain's oldest tabloid when its final issue hit the streets in 1971.

John Lennon is interviewed by Daily Sketch columnist Anne Nightingale. The photographer for the interview is John Kelly. 

- Jay Spangler, www.beatlesinterviews.org

Q: "Are you deliberately using the power of the Beatles to spread the word about transcendental meditation?"

JOHN: "Yes, because we've never felt like this about anything else. We want the younger generation, especially, to know about it. It's for everyone. For 'householders' as the Maharishi calls them. Just for ordinary people. You don't have to be some sort of freak to meditate. We've got to convince people we are not mystic... get through our million images to show people that what we can do, anyone can do."

Q: "Are you convinced that meditation will last your life, that it won't be just a phase?"

JOHN: "I've got some reservations, of course, but I'm convinced it works in the way they say it works. There's a lot more to learn yet. But I'm willing to find out. You don't have to have a great faith or anything. The whole thing is so simple - as though it's too marvelous to be true. You think: 'Why haven't I heard about it before?' But in fact, it's been around for a long, long time."

Q: "The Beatles must have been the target for every cult imaginable. What made this so different for you?"

JOHN: "It was always the same package before - Billy Graham stuff. Of course everyone's trying to reach the same thing ultimately. But the Maharishi's way is natural, not unnatural. You can make it with meditation if you're a Christian, a Mohammedan or a Jew. You just add meditation to whatever religion you've got. It runs alongside Christianity amazingly. Re-read it now, you know, what it's about. The kingdom of heaven within you. It IS within you."

Q: "People have been a bit doubtful about the moral issues with transcendental meditation..."

JOHN: "Obviously you put your own code of ethics into it. No one really wants to go around killing and having orgies."

Q: "People like Malcolm Muggeridge have questioned the validity of the Maharishi's meditation..."

JOHN: "And where is Malcolm Muggeridge at? The Maharishi is a completely happy man. Malcolm Muggeridge isn't."

Q: "Would you have found meditation so acceptable if you hadn't taken LSD?"

JOHN: "It's all been misconstrued. We dropped LSD weeks before we met the Maharishi. We were looking for something more natural. But all that has been said about us building gold palaces in India is rubbish. Everyone thinks we are going to freak out into the hills forever! All meditation means to us is that we have more output in our work. More energy for things like recording and filming. It would have worked just the same if we hadn't taken LSD."

Q: "Do you think that flower power is just a commercial craze, or do you think there is some worth to it?"

JOHN: "There will be a sort of core of things that will come out of it which will be worthwhile. Just the love and peace thing is worth it, whatever commercial muck goes on. At least it's about something nicer than normal. Good things came out of the beats, like (Allen) Ginsberg and all those things."

Q: "What if everyone drops out?"

JOHN: "I don't think they go for that over here (Britain). The slant doesn't seem to be 'drop-out,' but just do better or just change it. Not drop-out like they do in the States, but try to change what's going on, be different yourself in these surroundings."

Q: "What do you feel about the religious aspect of the flower movement?"

JOHN: "I can understand religion now. I might have come to that conclusion anyway at 25 or 26. But now I understand it - realizing that The Church Of England and all those things, they're government. We all rejected that. I'm not against organized religion if it's organized by religious people and not just by politicians disguised. But they've got themselves into the position of any big company - they lose touch. I've realized religion is personal. It's 'Do as you would be done by' really."

Q: "Does it involve a superior force, a God?"

JOHN: "It's an energy. I don't and never did imagine God as one thing. But now I can see God as a power source - or as an energy. But you can't see any kind of energy... only track it on radar or things like that. You can be aware of your own energy and all the energy that's around you. All the energy is God. Your own energy and their energy, whether doing god-like things or ungodly things. It's all like one big jelly. We're all in the big jelly."

Meeting the Beatles in India

Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds “Bungalow Bill” in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman’s own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968.

Narration: Morgan Freeman
Executive Producer: David Lynch (among others)

https://thebeatlesinindia.com/the-movie/

Who Was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi The Spiritual Guru Of The Beatles Know About His Journey And Lifestyle

After completing his graduation in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati


Eshita Bhargava
Financial Express
June 19, 2023


Meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and know about his lifestyle
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is one of the most influential yoga Gurus with millions of followers in every part of the world. His meditation-based teachings have had an enormous impact, including on some of the best-educated, most affluent, and most articulate minds and personalities from the East and West. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is credited with developing Transcendental Meditation (TM).

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s early life

In 1955, the spiritual Guru started to introduce his Transcendental Meditation to India and the world. After starting his first global tour in 1958, the Maharishi trained more than 40,000 TM teachers.

In 1992, the Maharishi’s Natural Law Party was founded. He then created the Global Country of World Peace, a non-profit organization in 2000. However, in 2008, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi announced his retirement from all administrative activities and went into silence until his death three weeks later.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s education and transition

In 1942, after completing his degree in physics at Allahabad University, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas. As per several reports, he started his journey by working at the Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur. However, in 1941 he became an administrative secretary to the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati.

He remained with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati until the latter died in 1953. Even though Brahmachari Mahesh was a close disciple, he could not be the Shankaracharya’s spiritual successor, because he was not a Brahmin.

The Shankaracharya had given him the responsibility of traveling and teaching meditation to the masses, while he named Swami Shantananda Saraswati as his successor.

Value of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s organisation

As per several media reports, the alleged value of Maharishi’s organisation has ranged from millions to billions of US dollars. In 2008, the organization placed the value of its United States assets at about $300 million.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s connection with The Beatles and other celebrities
In the early 1970s, he became the Guru of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and other famous personalities.

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/who-was-maharishi-mahesh-yogi-the-spiritual-guru-of-the-beatles-know-about-his-journey-and-lifestyle/3131753/

Meeting the Beatles in India

"Paul Saltzman shares an extraordinary life experience in a new feature documentary, Meeting the Beatles in India. With new and vivid first-hand details and over 40 personal photos never-before-seen."

To a lifelong Beatles fan like me, Paul Saltzman is one of the luckiest Beatles fans who’s ever lived.

In the late 1960s, as a young adult, the future Canadian film and TV producer and director was feeling a bit adrift and decided to pack his bags for a trip to the other side of the world — specifically, to study transcendental meditation in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

He was hoping it would help him find some measure of fulfillment and inner peace. He didn’t count on also finding the four most famous celebrities on Earth at the time, The Beatles. They’d come to the Maharishi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India, at the same time and for the same purpose. Saltzman’s documentary includes fascinating, intimate photos from that brief period of them all studying meditation — as well as anecdotes from his time spent with The Beatles in the camp at the foot of the Ganges. Suffice it to say, this is a must-watch for Beatles fans."

https://thebeatlesinindia.com/ 

CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/21/2022 (Legal, Lori Vallow, The Beatles, India, Maharishi, David Lynch, ICSA Event, Coercive Control, Religious Cultic Groups)

Legal, Lori Vallow, The Beatles, India, Maharishi, David Lynch, ICSA Event, Coercive Control, Religious Cultic Groups

Daily Mail: 'Cult mom' Lori Vallow is now deemed fit to stand trial for the murders of her children, JJ, 7, and Tylee, 17, ten months after she was placed in mental hospital

"The decision on Monday comes almost ten months after Vallow was committed to a psychiatric facility.  

Lori Vallow, 48, and her husband, Chad Daybell, 53, are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder, among other crimes.

The charges are in relation to the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan - two of Lori Vallow's kids - and Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell.  

The children's bodies were found in Chad Daybell's backyard in Idaho in 2020 after they were last seen in September 2019. Tammy Daybell was killed in October 2019, two weeks before Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell married, authorities said.

Vallow is also charged in Arizona with conspiring to kill her former estranged husband, Charles Vallow, with the help of her now-deceased brother, Alex Cox.

Their indictments allege that the couple became convinced that their victims were zombies who had been possessed by dark spirits and could only be released through death.

Vallow was transferred from the custody of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. She will be arraigned on April 19 at the Fremont County Courthouse."

First Post: The Beatles and India review: Ajoy Bose's documentary is a tender exploration of the band's time in the country

Did you know that George Harrison, lead guitarist of The Beatles, was introduced to the sitar much before Pandit Ravi Shankar came into his life? The guitarist's mother, Louise, used to listen to the sitar on her radio when she was pregnant. The sounds of the strings helped her calm down. No wonder then that Harrison was fascinated by the instrument when he encountered it in his adult life. He had not seen it before but it seemed intimately familiar.

This is one of many delightful anecdotes that emerged when author-filmmaker Ajoy Bose was in conversation with cricket commentator Gautam Bhimani at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata in the last week of March 2022. The event was part of the Kolkata Literary Meet, which also hosted the India premiere of Bose's documentary The Beatles and India (2021) at The Bengal Club after this conversation. The film draws inspiration from a book called Across the Universe: the Beatles in India (2018) that Bose wrote not so long ago.

I had a chance to watch the film in Kolkata. Bose plans to travel with it across India, so I highly recommend getting yourself to a screening if the film shows up near you. It is certainly a treat for fans of The Beatles but it also appealed to me – a person with little exposure to the music and the colourful lives of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

What drew me in was Bose's exploration of the cultural encounter between East and West – neither a clash, nor a picture of harmony, but fun, messy and real.

Why did these four rock stars from England come to an ashram in Rishikesh in the 1960s? What drew them to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in particular? How did the guru-shishya relationship change over time? What did they gain from their stay at the ashram? How did the ashram benefit from their fame? When did the trip, both literal and metaphorical, begin to go downhill? Armed with his experience as a journalist, Bose pursues each question rigorously.

He seems completely at home with his research material. This might come as a surprise to those who know that Bose's previous work does not have much to do with music or spirituality. He has written a book on the Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1975 to 1977, and a biography of the social reformer and politician Mayawati. 

That said, Bose's penchant for politics does sneak into The Beatles and India. He digs up news reports from 1968 when the ashram became notorious for its suspected links to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America. The film reveals that the former Soviet Union's security agency Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) sent agent Yuri Bezmenov to ascertain whether the ashram was really a CIA camp or not. Bose has also used footage of Bezmenov talking about how the ashram, instead of supporting the USA's interests, was destabilising American society through Transcendental Meditation.

The heaviness of these moments is tempered with light-hearted ones wherein Indian fans gush about The Beatles. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt talks about the influence of their attire on actor Shammi Kapoor. Ajit Singh, Owner of Pratap Music House, Dehradun, recalls preparations made to celebrate Harrison's ex-wife Pattie's birthday at the ashram. Journalist Barkha Dutt shares a photograph of her mother, journalist Prabha Dutt, sitting with the rockstars. She says, "My God, I wish I had been that person sitting between John and Paul."

In addition to these people, the film features excerpts from interviews with santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, musician Susmit Bose, biographer-historian Steve Turner, actor-musician Monica Dogra, singer-composer-producer Biddu Appaiah, and Naresh Fernandes, who is the author of the book Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age (2012). 

One of the most unusual anecdotes, however, comes from journalist Saeed Naqvi. He wanted to be the first one to get access to the Beatles, and write about their experience at the ashram. He wondered whether the Beatles were on a genuine spiritual quest or if they were just following a fad. Naqvi could find out only by becoming an insider. He entered the ashram, professing an interest in becoming a disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. How did Naqvi manage to bring photographer Raghu Rai into the ashram? Watch the film to find out.

The sequence in the film that I found most moving was a brief interaction with Indra Srivastava, who is introduced as "ashram manager's wife." She says, "Jab Beatles aaye, tab unka poora rehne aur khaane ka intezaam hum karte the. Kachcha gobhi, tamatar, salad aisi cheezein zyaada pasand karte the. Paani ki jagah Coca Cola bohot peete the." (When the Beatles came here, we used to take care of their stay and food. They used to like eating raw cabbage, tomato, and salad. They preferred to drink a lot of Coca Cola in place of water.)

This tender recollection is special because it captures the perspective of someone who is not a celebrity. She beams with joy when she remembers how respectfully they used to greet her with a 'Namaste' every time they met her. According to Srivastava, the Beatles made a sincere effort to understand the cultural norms in the country that they had come to as guests. They did not have left on a happy note, but that was mostly because of their spat with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who turned out to be a disappointment for most, if not all, of them.

In a nutshell, Bose has made a documentary that is thought-provoking and highly entertaining. He would not have been able to accomplish this without cultural researcher Peter Compton, who co-directed the film and sourced much of the archival footage, as well as Reynold D'Silva – head of Silva Screen Music Group – who produced the film. 

Techno Trenz: When John Lennon abruptly left India after hearing Maharishi Mahesh Yogi rumors, the Beatles were perplexed.

"When John confronted the guru аbout the rumor, he аppeаred to confirm it.

"There wаs а big hullаbаloo аbout [Mаhаrishi] trying to rаpe Miа Fаrrow or getting off with Miа Fаrrow аnd а few other women, things like thаt," he told Rolling Stone (аccording to the Beаtles Bible). And we went down to him аfter hаving spent the entire night debаting whether it wаs true or not.

"When George begаn to doubt it, I thought to myself, 'Well, it must be true, becаuse if George is doubting it, there must be something in it.' So the next dаy, the whole gаng of us chаrged down to Mаhаrishi's hut, his very rich-looking bungаlow in the mountаins.'

"I wаs the spokesmаn – аs usuаl, when the dirty work cаme, I actually hаd to be leаder, whаtever the scene wаs, I hаd to do the speаking." "We're leаving," I аnnounced.

"'Why?' Hee-hee, hee-hee, аll thаt nonsense. 'Well, if you're thаt cosmic, you'll understаnd why,' I replied. He wаs constаntly hinting, аnd his right-hand men were all hinting thаt he performed mirаcles. 'I don't know why, you must tell me,' he sаid, аnd I just kept sаying, 'You know why,' аnd he gаve me а look like, 'I'll kill you, bаstаrd,' аnd I knew it wаs becаuse I'd cаlled his bluff. I was a little hаrsh with him."

John immediately left Indiа аfter thаt. On George's аdvice, he renаmed his poem "Mаhаrishi" to 'Sexy Sаdie.'"

NME: David Lynch launches $500million Transcendental Meditation program

The director hopes the new initiative will bring about "a world at peace"

"The Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director announced the initiative on Thursday (April 14) to fund Transcendental Meditation (TM) training for 30,000 international college students, hoping to inspire the next generation to "become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace," according to a press release.

Launched in partnership with the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, the program plans to invest approximately $500 million in its first year." 

 

ICSA Annual Conference: Former members' process of recognizing and coping with experience of coercive control in religious cultic groups

Céleste Goguen, Marie-Andrée Pelland; Sunday, June 26, 2022; 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

The aim of this presentation is to analyze the process by which former members recognized and named forms of control, experiences of abuse and experiences of violence during her or his life within a religious cultic group after leaving the group. The analysis will include all forms of control «grounded in relational interactions, namely, behavioural tactics in which perpetrators gain and maintain power over their victims» (Duran and al., 2020: 145). It is also aimed to analyze the informal or formal help or services contacted to cope with the recognized victimization. Research on victimization in cultic groups defines with precision the process of control that can be experienced within cultic groups (Rodriguez-Carbeillera & al., 2015) such as brainwashing (Banisadr, 2014, Stein, 2016) thought reform (Langone, 2017), Bounded Choice (Lalich & McLaren, 2018) or Mind control, BITE model (Hassan, 2021). Some researches document forms of abuse within the group such as neglect, abandonment, isolation, emotional and social deprivation, and sexual abuse (Derocher 2018; Rodriguez-Carbeillera et al., 2015). Other research identifies consequences experienced by former members after they quit a cultic group such as psychological distress (Almendros & Escartin, 2017), difficulties to construct or reconstruct their identity (Matthews & Salazar, 2014 ; Salande & Perkins, 2011 ; Kern & Jungbauer, 2020), difficulties to find a job and to thrive financially (Matthews & Salazar, 2014), fear of being judged judge (Boeri & Boeri, 2009 ; Matthews & Salazar, 2014), even a sense of guilt about behaviours they had within the group (Coates, 2010). But research rarely analyzed the process by which a person's names and recognizes abusive experiences. To explore that gap in knowledge, the life trajectory and narrative of ten former members were collected. Participants recruited were mostly former members of patriarchal communities where gender roles were traditionally defined (Gillian, 2018).

Céleste Goguen est étudiante à la maitrise en sciences sociales à l'Université de Moncton. Également, elle tient une majeure en criminologie à l'Université de Moncton. Dans le cadre de son projet de fins d'études, elle analyse la victimisation en contexte sectaire au Canada.

Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD, full professor and director of the sociology and criminology Department, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. She is also Vice-president of Info-Cult She received her doctorate from the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal. Her dissertation is entitled, Allegations of Illegal Conduct: Effect on Social Reality of a Community of Canadian Polygamous Mormons. Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD, est professeure agrégée et directrice du département de sociologie et de criminologie de l'Université de Moncton au Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. Elle est également vice-présidente d'Info-Secte. Elle a obtenu son diplôme de 3e cycle de l'École de criminologie de l'Université de Montréal. Ses travaux traitent de la question de l'effet des conflits avec la société sur le fonctionnement des groupes religieux minoritaires. Sa thèse s'intitule : « Allégations d'entorse aux lois : Effets sur la réalité sociale d'un groupe de mormons polygames canadiens ».

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Olivia Harrison and Paul McCartney Lead Celebrations on George Harrison’s 79th Birthday

Hannah Wigandt 

Showbiz CheatSheet

February 25, 2022

" ... Meanwhile, George’s only son, Dhani, posted a clip on his Instagram from George’s last public interview with VH1, alongside Ravi Shankar. During the clip, George talked about the political party, the Natural Law Party, which follows the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi."

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/olivia-harrison-paul-mccartney-lead-celebrations-george-harrisons-79th-birthday.html/

Rock Music Menu: ‘The Beatles and India’ documentary premieres Feb. 15

Michael Christopher

Daily Times

February 10, 2022

There’s been a wealth of attention lately – rightfully so – paid to the eye-opening Beatles documentary ‘Get Back’ by director Peter Jackson. For those who can’t get enough of their Fab Four fix, next week sees the premiere of the band’s oft talked about time in India in the late 60s.

Slated for release February 15 via BritBox in North America, the streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV, the award-winning feature documentary, ‘The Beatles and India’ examines how Indian music and culture shaped the music of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and exploring how the group served as ambassadors of a pioneering World music sound and cultural movement while searching for deeper meaning in their lives. Under the spiritual guidance of Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, they took a trip to Rishikesh, India to study Transcendental Meditation and set out on a path of deep enlightenment that would change the world.

The Beatles’ were first introduced to Indian music while filming their 1965 film, ‘Help!,’ which featured the Indian musicians in a restaurant scene. Harrison would become a lifelong impassioned devotee of the region’s music. He would soon buy his first sitar, befriend and study under sitar master Ravi Shankar and employ the instrument to revolutionary effect linking the worlds of pop music with Indian music on the Beatles song, “Norwegian Wood,” which appears on their ‘Rubber Soul’ album. Later, the raga rock sound could be heard in Beatles songs “Tomorrow Never Knows,” “Love You To,” “Within You Without You” and “The Inner Light.”

In early July 1966, while returning from shows in the Philippines, the Beatles made a quick stopover in New Delhi, India, marking their first trip to the country. Less than two years later, in February 1968, the group would return for an extended sojourn at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India where they would take a training course in Transcendental Meditation. Their search for spiritual enlightenment would both shape their thinking and values and indelibly color the sounds of their expanding musical palette.

Drawing together an expansive archive of footage including contemporaneous locale shooting in India, recordings, photographs, and compelling first-hand interviews, ‘The Beatles and India’ exhaustively documents the East meets West touchstone in pop culture history. Taking inspiration from Ajoy Bose’s book ‘Across the Universe – The Beatles in India,’ the documentary is directed by Bose and cultural researcher Pete Compton.

Additionally, there’s a 19-song companion album titled ‘The Beatles and India: Songs Inspired by The Film,’ featuring interpretations of the Beatles’ songbook, blending traditional and contemporary Indian influences, as recorded and performed by Indian artists like Ravi Shankar’s daughter Anoushka, Vishal Dadlani, Kissnuka, Soulmate and more. Many of the songs featured on the album, among them “Mother Nature’s Son,” “Dear Prudence,” “Back in the USSR,” “I’m So Tired” and “The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill,” were written during the group’s 1968 extended stay in Rishikesh would feature on the 1968 double-album, ‘The Beatles,’ better known as ‘The White Album.’

https://www.delcotimes.com/2022/02/10/rock-music-menu-the-beatles-and-india-documentary-premieres-feb-15/

CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/8/2021(Buddha Field, Documentary, Spiritual Abuse, Beatles, Maharishi, India, Conspiracy Theories)

Buddha Field, Documentary, Spiritual Abuse, Beatles, Maharishi, India, Conspiracy Theories

California News Times: Inside 'cult for beautiful people' where 'monster' guru 'raped disciples' who compare him to 'Hitler' in new doc

"The horrifying reality of the lives of people "manipulated" to participate in the "cult for beautiful people" is a new documentary, as the disciples claim to have been raped by the "monster" guru. It was revealed in.

As leader Jamie Gomez provided followers with a healthy lifestyle away from sex and drugs, what started with a group of 15 quickly surged to more than 150.

However, former members of the cult (known as the Buddha Field) made disturbing claims about the progress of the group-some claim they were molested by Gomez, who was likened to "Hitler."

The horrifying claim was shared in a new documentary, Holy Hell. There, filmmaker Will Allen talks about his experience with the cult.

He claims that he and others have spent years on sexual abuse-Gomez denies this."

Spokane Favs: From 'Hater' to Lover of Souls: My Journey Out of a Narrow Christian Sect

"In my mid-20s, I joined a spiritually uncharitable Christian sect and became spiritually harsh myself, mostly toward my own family. Of course, I didn't know this at the time.

I wouldn't say I was in a cult, but I would say that my first pastor who led the church where I gave my life to the Lord, where I was baptized, and where I first became an official church member had some very cultish leanings that were accepted and even magnified by this particular brand of Christianity.

Prior to joining this church, the weight of my sinful choices became heavier and heavier on my shoulders. In Christian speak, I was coming to "the end of myself," a place where I turned from my self-destructive ways toward God. When I finally yielded my life to him, God began to heal me and set me free from that past, and he used this pastor and faith family to do so.

This season was full of loving fervor toward God, toward the people in the church I belonged to, and toward my pastor in particular. I would often counsel with him and when he spoke, it was like through his words and his counsel, God parted the Red Sea of my jumbled mind and deposited his truth on that dry ground to reform my thoughts.

Not having been raised in a church, I found all of this so healing, so freeing, and so beautiful.

Then, this pastor began a radio show, which he was going to use as a medium to share his biblical view of the world — mostly in the political arena. By starting this radio show, I guess he thought he was going to be the next Rush Limbaugh, only with a Christian flair.

I loved listening to it at first, and while I can't remember any, I'm sure he made some brilliant points. I even used my talents as a writer to craft a press release about his new show's launch to be sent to the local media.

But in time, his words grew coarser toward "those" people: gays, Democrats, non-Christians, etc. So, my words became coarser when talking about "them," too. His self-righteousness grew in the pulpit. So, my self-righteousness grew in my relationships with others. His way of being a Christian became the best and only way. So, by following him and his manner, I was showing the world the best and only way to be a Christian."a

The Guardian: The Beatles and India review – the fab four go looking for a guru

"The memory of the Beatles' relationship with India is revived in this engaging documentary, and if there isn't much really new here, it's still salutary to be reminded of how these four young men – and it's amazing to remember that they were only in their 20s, as Craig Brown's book One Two Three Four points out – used their colossal influence, greater than any politician or movie star or religious leader, to direct the world's attention to India, a country which until then had been opaque for many in the west.

The film amusingly notes that, before this, India had been just as crazed with western Beatlemania as anyone else, with a popular Beatles-style band called the Savages, and Shammi Kapoor bopping around wearing a Beatles wig in Bhappi Sonie's 1965 film Janwar.

George Harrison visited India in 1966 to take sitar lessons from Ravi Shankar, and his humility and creative curiosity is still moving. In 1968, all four Beatles (Ringo Starr carrying a second suitcase full of tins of Heinz baked beans) went to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas, where they earnestly pursued transcendental meditation, experienced a summer of spiritual love and wound up composing most of the songs on the White Album."

France 24: 'I feel like I've lost him': The families torn apart by conspiracy theories

".... Mike Kropveld, the founder and director of the Montreal-based non-profit organisation Info-Secte and who once helped rescue a friend from a religious sect, launched a new support group for people with friends, spouses or family members who have become extreme proponents of conspiracy theories and other fringe beliefs or groups.   

"Emotionally and psychologically, these situations can be very draining for a family member and they need to talk with people who are in similar situations," he said. "The pandemic just increased the need because we got more and more calls."

The support group includes volunteer psychologists and other healthcare professionals. Their aim is to help families and friends deal with what they often feel is a "hopeless" situation. 

"Bringing someone back to how they were before is a long process, if at all possible," Kropveld said, noting the conspiracy theorists are so "emotionally tied" to their beliefs that any attempt to try to prove them wrong is likely to backfire and may instead aggravate the situation."

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