#9 #9

                                           The Beatles at Rishikesh with Maharishi...........                                        

Its is said that the Beatles wrote 40 odd songs while at Rishikesh.
This was the foundation for the White Album and the song Revolution #9 ,
as was related to me, #9 was written in the #9 hut [seen above]
and is where the Beatles stayed while at Rishikesh. As I recall the
album received mixed reviews as was the order of the time and
as was the bias toward the Beatles. To this day the album has been listed
in many 100 top greatest albums ever released .Trippy skull diggery
if I recall correctly was my first hearing of the 'White Album'.
It seemed geared to be heard on LSD.
And was.


What prompted this post a few days ago a long grey haired Aussie
joined my walk toward my monastery. He was quit enjoyable and
related several other stories that I intend to post at some other time.
Ross related that he was in Rishikesh and came across another
ole hippie type whom said he could get them both in the Maharishi's
ashram.The famous ashram had been abandon since the mid-eighties..

The Ashram backs onto the Ganges and I believe has about fifteen areas
with several large buildings and eighty four stone circular huts that devotes
stayed in while practicing Transcendental meditation.

Over this more then twenty years the place has been left to the Indian
Forestry Service.The jungle has grown up around the buildings
exerting a 'melancholia in the vine' snooze. No telling the stories
and experiences here. Certainly the Beatles stay brought to the
Hippie generation a collective interest in the Hindu religions.
Today we are witnessing the steady and sure advance
of eastern thought into west..
 Rishikesh had a small influence in today's embrace of the east.

The 'White album was the last album released by the Beatles.
The discord in the recording studio on Apple street was the end
of maybe the most influential band of our time.I remember many
a gashing of hippie teeth at the news
To this day I miss the elan of John Lennon.

John Lennon originally wrote Sexy Sadie's title as Maharishi . He was
disillusioned when Maharishi made sexual advance toward Mia Farrow
who also was there at the time. " Sexy Sadie look what you've done.
You've made a fool out of everyone".