Word: guru
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tired of the anti-Warren Commission crusade of Attorney Mark Lane. The psychedelic sound of musical groups such as the Jefferson Airplane is welcome, although the cost (up to $8,000 an appearance) is far from popular. Sitarist Ravi Shankar is both a mystical and musical attraction, while LSD Guru Timothy Leary has slipped noticeably. Surprisingly enough, one of the most ubiquitous campus speakers among show business personalities is television's square old M.C., Art Linkletter, who has hit 20 campuses in the past two years, drew 3,500 University of Minnesota students to a talk on "The Pill...
What do Shirley MacLaine, the Beatles, Mia Farrow and the Rolling Stones have in common? The answer, as any tabloid reader knows by now, is a starry-eyed devotion to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a bearded Indian guru who preaches a method of "transcendental meditation" that might be summed up as how to succeed spiritually without really trying...
...trifle opaque: "When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence." In a word, some skeptics have suggested, "Think." All that is required to achieve this state of "pure being," says the guru, is a little reflective thought, preferably half an hour at a time for beginners...
...practiced by an estimated 100,000 followers in 35 countries from Denmark to New Zealand. Headquarters of the spiritual empire is the Maharishi's academy on a shaded, 15-acre site overlooking the sacred Ganges River at Rishikesh, 130 miles north of New Delhi. When the guru, a bachelor, is not proselytizing about the globe, he resides at Rishikesh in a simple, red brick bungalow, where he often meditates for 20 or 30 days at a stretch. His bedroom is air-conditioned...
...particularly enthusiastic about the convenience of the Maharishi's method, since they can be regenerated without interrupting their schedule. "You can close your eyes in the middle of Piccadilly and meditate," exults George Harrison. The Beatles, who now meditate at least once a day, are convinced that the guru's guidance has endowed them with greater calm and insight...