Maharishi questioned Rik, who answered he would never kill another animal. He and his mother Nancy Jackson took a safari hunting tigers and afterwards detailed their exploits to Maharishi, while he glared silently at Nancy. Richard A Cooke III (Rik) dressed and looked like a textbook Anglo-Saxon Ivy Leaguer.
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Instead of “hello,” Maharishi greeted everyone with this salutation, recognizing his own guru. Recorded right before the Beatles arrived in India, Across the Universe included the term Jai Guru Deva (“Hail to the divine teacher”). He demonstrated his theory through scientific studies. Maharishi often said, “For the forest to be green, the trees must be green for the world to be at peace, the people must be at peace.” He believed politics and treaties couldn’t achieve peace, but a small percentage of the population meditating could attain it. The Maharishi Effect inspired the song Revolution. Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish family.‘A festering wound’: The true story of the Beatles break-up.“ The song Julia referred to both John’s mother and Yoko, whose name means “ocean child”. The lyrics “I’m so lonely I want to die” in Yer Blues was no exaggeration.Ī lecture by Maharishi about the unity of nature and humanity inspired Mother Nature’s Son by Paul, and Child of Nature by John (later released as Jealous Guy).Įverybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey echoed Maharishi’s favourite expressions: “Take it easy take it as it comes,” and “it’s such a joy!” When beckoning anyone, Maharishi would always say, “Come, come,” or “Come on.” John revealed the “monkey” was Yoko Ono. I’m So Tired chronicled persistent insomnia, hallucinations, misery, and irrational suicidal thoughts. John said he composed some of his best songs in Rishikesh – pouring out of him in the hundreds. Just before leaving Rishikesh, George sent Prudence a note that John had written Dear Prudence for her. But after three weeks of daily massages and private meetings with Maharishi, she became responsive and happy. Prudence suffered a terrifying episode at the ashram. Trying to lure her out of her room, John Lennon and George Harrison burst through her door, singing Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. While in Rishikesh, she spent nearly all her time in meditation. Mia Farrow’s sister “Dear Prudence” Farrow had abused drugs and alcohol as a teenager.
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So, on the 50th anniversary of The White Album’s release, what are the hidden meanings behind the songs written under Maharishi’s influence? I was very lucky to get a unique insight into how Maharishi and the events that happened in the ashram influenced and inspired The Beatles. I spent 20 years living with and working for Maharishi in his ashrams all over the world, including his ashram in Rishikesh. Thus The Beatles (aka the White Album) was born. While in Rishikesh, Donovan suggested, because of their immense fame, the Beatles’ next album could be plain white and nameless. Away from pressures of superstardom, from February to April 1968 they composed 40 songs while studying with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of transcendental meditation.
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An unlikely setting for songwriting, a meditation retreat at an ashram in Rishikesh, India proved one of the most creative places for the Beatles.