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...great Phineas T. Barnum, master showman, has finally been unseated by the even greater Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
...room and keeps them there for up to 15 hours at a time, with only three toilet breaks. This supposedly forces modern man to look at his existential roots and discover, as Founder Werner Erhard phrases it, that "what is, is." Because of the confusion of names, the Maharishi is also often mistaken for the junior guru, the Maharaj Ji, 17, the pudgy, high-living "Perfect Master" of the Divine Light sect. In contrast to all of the other consciousness-raising groups, TM appears refreshingly dull and commonplace...
...only exotic component of TM, indeed, is the some what mysterious figure of the Maharishi himself. Questioned about his past, he roars with laughter. "You see," he explained to TIME'S Robert Kroon, "I am a monk, and as a monk I am not expected to think of my past...
...relatively new and not definitive enough to amount to final proof in the eyes of most doctors, who are also made a little uncomfortable by the fact that much of the research has been carried out under the auspices of the TM organization or has been published by the Maharishi International University Press. Among significant findings...
...Yoga Institute of Psychology and Physical Therapy in New Delhi. "It is merely a technique, a very limited technique, and it is not yogic because it lacks the prerequisites of yogic meditation. A moral life is the sine qua non of yoga practice. The students and admirers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have no need to give up sex, liquor and other immoral habits. They are reveling in immoral habits at the cost of basic moral values." TM, adds A.K. Krishna Nambiar, publisher and editor of Spiritual India, "can make you a better executive, but it cannot give you the spiritual...