Maharishi is dead

maestro · Post by **maestro** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:58 am

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on Tuesday

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/th ... 79145.html

Any comments?

snow bunny · Post by **snow bunny** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:33 am

Who???

brokenhead · Post by **brokenhead** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:57 am

A great, peaceful man who has influenced more than a generation of Western seekers.

Elizabeth Isabelle · Post by **Elizabeth Isabelle** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:15 am

from the article:

He claims to have proof of TM's profound effects on societies. In 1993, he was part of a group of 4,000 people who travelled to Washington DC to meditate. They predicted that if 4,000 people practised TM in the US capital, the city would become a better place. "And it worked," he says. "Before we went, everyone said we were crazy. They said it couldn't be done, but the statistics showed that we lowered the crime rate during our spell in the city by 20 per cent. That is too high a figure to call a coincidence. It was definitely the effect of TM."

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It looks like this might even be statistically significant, based on this report.

samadhi · Post by **samadhi** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:22 am

Uh, yeah it's significant, if it's true. The problem is that it is a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.

brokenhead · Post by **brokenhead** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:11 pm

samadhi wrote:Uh, yeah it's significant, if it's true. The problem is that it is a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.

Everybody... needs samadhi... sometimes...

snow bunny · Post by **snow bunny** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:41 am

brokenhead wrote:A great, peaceful man who has influenced more than a generation of Western seekers.

What is a "Western seeker?"

maestro · Post by **maestro** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:56 am

Popularly known as a Hippie

snow bunny · Post by **snow bunny** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:05 am

Peace, Love, and Recycle.

brokenhead · Post by **brokenhead** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:55 am

snow bunny wrote:Peace, Love, and Recycle.

The quote is "Peace, Love, and Earth Shoes..."

brokenhead · Post by **brokenhead** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:56 am

maestro wrote:Popularly known as a Hippie

He was guru to many hippies indeed. Also to many others.

snow bunny · Post by **snow bunny** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:53 pm

Don't those people believe in reincarnation, so maybe he didn't die, and he's already back to life as a rabbit?

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