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Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 15:19:34 (EDT)

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JW

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The Short-Lived Humanitarian Period
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There was that period in the cult, around 1975 and 1976 when Maharaji still allowed the illusion that what he was about had something to do with bringing peace to the world, aleviating poverty and the like. There was a brief period when doing humanitarian things for others was considered, sort of, 'service.' PLA was part of this. I recall going to senior citizen's homes and homes for disabled children.

But when Maharaji began his super-devotional, dark, paranoid period in 1977 he said that 'service' was what you did for Guru Maharaj Ji. Anything else, done for anyone else --the poor, the downtrodden, or your own children-- was NOT service. PLA was disbanded and we spent our time, resources, skills and MONEY to get Maharaji all the best of everything, including a Boeing 707 with gold toilets. We even took a cue from the Moonies and sold flowers on the streets of several large, American cities. I recall one time in 1979 at a meeting at DLM headquarters, someone mentioned reviving PLA and they were almost laughed out of the room and certainly put down for their lack of 'understanding.'

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Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 11:57:19 (EDT)

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bb

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idiot party
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I was in Miami during the 75 or 76 world welfare org.
that briefly did good deeds. Miami premies went to
a retarded facility and put on 'clown acts' in the gym
in front of at least 200 retards and thier counselors.

Only problem, there was no clown training! SO except for
a couple premies that knew how make those balloon shapes,
and stand on their heads, the other 25 premies just
acted stupid and were -winging it- acting like RETARDS!

The counselors kept waiting for the show to begin but it was
just a completely spastic un thought out clown meyhem
'show'!
I kept waiting also, figureing that surely there was
something big or organised planned.
Finally, counselors just started taking thier
people away after a long wait.
I kid you not.
It was just premies all made up with nothing to do but
hit balloons and fall and make faces and do that sad clown
thing and bonk each other with balloons.
I watched the whole thing from the bleachers.
I had gotten there too late to get my face painted and
dress up in nutty mismatched clothes and missed what
I assumed must have been a pre-meeting. Well, thats what
you get when you arent allowed in your mind.
I doubt if the Miami 'community' tried anything again.

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Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 14:08:49 (EDT)

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AJW

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'Ah but I was so much older then...'
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Hi Susan,

I got my machine mended ok, but am going through the tunnel to Belgium, on a train tomorrow afternoon, so am just passing through before the football match starts on TV.

In London we had WWA (World Welfare Association). Maharaji made a video launching it, saying something like 'This is the tool with which we'll defeat poverty (I'm adlibbing here).

Anyway, our contribution was to join PLA (a division of WWA and somehow related to DUO). which was 'Performers of the Living Arts'. Syd, an ex who occasionaly visits here, was a member). We performed about 3 plays in childrens' homes and institutions for the mentally ill.

On one occasion, after playing in a mental hospital, we were on our way out and stopped for trying to escape. This was back in 1975/6, time. Out of a group of 20, 16 are still locked up. It took the rest of us weeks to get out. We had to tunnel, because none of us could convince the psychiatrist we were sane.

Those were the days- curing the worlds ills AND being a disciple of the living lord AND living in a squat.

Anth the Mentally Unbalanced Thespian Spritual Squatter. 

5 Brighter than 1000 suns as seen through night vision goggles
4 As bright as the lights on Maharaji's jet
3 As bright as a 60 watt light bulb
2 As bright as a pile of burning ghi on a swinging arti tray
1 As bright as the inner light as seen by the third eye
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