What did Tamerlane Phillips say about Nityananda of Ganeshpuri?”
Mackenzie Phillips, the star of “One Day at a Time” and daughter of The Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips, will reveal a deep dark family secret to Oprah Winfrey tomorrow. Of course, it’s no secret that Mackenzie has struggled with drugs for eons and until very recently. In fact, she was on her way to a “One Day at a Time” reunion last year when she was busted at Los Angeles International Airport for possession of heroin and cocaine. She’s supposedly clean now and is hawking a memoir, of course, called “High on Arrival.” So that’s not the secret. The secret also isn’t that the elder Phillips was responsible for his daughter’s initiation into hard drugs — in a promo for the special, Mackenzie Phillips says that her father shot her up the first time. And the secret is not that family friend and rock legend Mick Jagger had some sort of creepy-sounding encounter with the young actress that prompted him to tell her, “I’ve been waiting for this since you were 10 years old.” Ewww. Ph
Much remain shrouded in mystery about Bhagwan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, especially about his birth. He was said to be born in 1897 and was abandoned by his parents and only his foster parents Mr. Chathu Nair and his wife adopted him. The Nair couple is said to take good care of the child and he was named as Raman. As the fate would have it, his foster parents also died when he was six and he was to be raised by the owner of the farm where Nair couple worked. The providence had other plans about this young Indian. He became a wandering yogi. According the Yogic Traditions the yogis have to undergo a rigorous discipleship before being perfect. When it comes to Bhagwan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, his spiritual teacher’s identity is also not clear. It is thought that he was initiated into the Yogic Tradition by Swami Sivananda but it remains to be confirmed. Nityananda did much for the local destitute and desolate population, opening schools, providing livelihood etc. He is said to be silent
Phillips’ half-brother, Tamerlane, a self-described “peace-loving Hindu vegetarian” and disciple of the late yogi Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, is hilariously unimpressed by her media blitz, according to the New York Post. “My family is and always will be a decrepit bowl of dog urine compared to Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. That is how great Nityananda is. Worship Nityananda, not the Phillips family.
