Word: tm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...earned the right to call himself "Doctor"? He earned his Ph.D. in a correspondence course in psychology and counseling offered by Columbia Pacific University in San Rafael, Calif.) He was a meditator par excellence, he recalls, and would hear angels singing and have "visuals." When Maharishi began promising that TM practitioners could learn to "fly," photos of Gray flying were posted in TM centers throughout the world. Gray now says the flying thing was a crock; what he was doing was more like "bouncing." But most important, Gray learned how to build an international organization. "All that was very helpful...
Though Gray says Maharishi told him, "In 10 years you will own this movement," Gray eventually left TM and moved to California. By then, as Gray is fond of saying, he had been a "celibate monk" for nine years. "Sex became my new ecstasy," he says. After a few months of sleeping with a lot of women, including the woman who is now his wife Bonnie, he married his first wife, Barbara De Angelis, who has herself become a self-help guru, the author of How to Make Love All the Time, among other books. The two began giving...
DESPERATE 1. The Kissing Machine[TM] $49.95 Sometimes a kiss is more than just a kiss. With the help of this battery-operated gadget, a smooch can be shock therapy too. Connect one set of wires to your stereo, hold one handle each, turn the knobs, kiss and whammo! You complete the circuit, and the electricity really flows. It could cure you of kissing forever...
REALLY DESPERATE 2. Boyfriend In-A-Box[TM] $14.95 Fantasy is the spice of many a relationship, but Cowboy Clint may not be what Dr. Ruth had in mind. He doesn't exist, but his paper trail will make your colleagues think he does: photos, phone messages, even a card to go with the flowers. Clint will love you forever, or you'll get your money back...
LOST CAUSE 3. Tamagotchi[TM] $16 Still craving companionship? The Japanese are flocking to buy Tamagotchi, a digital gadget that doubles as a pet chick. Available soon in the U.S., Tamagotchi (Japanese for cute little egg) hatches onscreen. Owners feed, amuse and clean up after their feathered friend by pressing buttons. If the bird begins to fade away, suspect fowl play. Owner neglect results in Tami's virtual death. Love is cruel...