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- From the very beginning Prudence Farrow Bruns recognized an added layer or texture to her life, a spiritual dimension that would take her deep within.
She was among the first in the West to become initiated into Transcendental Meditation and in the mid sixties she traveled to Rishikesh, India to learn to become a TM teacher. Her own teacher in India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who is credited for bringing TM to the world.
In India with her at this time, her sister and acclaimed actress, Mia Farrow, The Beatles, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Donovan and others.
Prudence and her husband, Albert Bruns who is also a TM instructor, live in Seagrove along the Gulf of Mexico in Northwest Florida.
Welcome to Souljourns. This interview was recorded in Seagrove, Florida in May, 2013. Comments? Email us at Souljourns9@aol.com. You can watch other Souljourns stories by going to either Vimeo.com/souljourns or to / souljourns .
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thank you prudence..just what i needed now....am 81 and struggling with old age issues...listening to you has given me peace today...everything will be alright...
I met Prudence once in India at a TM course in 1985 with Maharishi, and at a distance in MUM, America 2007. A good woman. An excellent interview.
Thank you Prudence,. Thank you to the interviewer. Heart filled. Wise. And very informative to one here who was also called to the spiritual path at a young age. Maharishi opened my heart and mind to the profound knowledge of the Vedas. That was nearly fifty years ago and though my destiny led me to other teachers, his wisdom continues guiding me to this day.
Blissful as she sounds! Jai Guru Dev Prudence.
I consider this video and all of the beautiful comments an oasis of blessed humanity. Exactly what I need to hear today (as do all of us). I will remember to come back to it again and again to renew my spirit.
"If you are sincere your voice is becoming a prayer.."
So impressed with how Mrs. Prudence explained everything. How awesome would it be to be taught by her, such a sweet soul.🙏🕉️❤️
A beautiful interview. Thank you, Ted, for sharing Prudence with the world.
There’s more here in this video than most are able to appreciate, thank you
Prudence teaches Transcendental Meditation not only by her instruction of the technique which she learned from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, but also by her spiritual presence. This is one of the most refreshing videos I've seen.
"From Joy I came, for Joy I live and in sacred Joy I melt again", that's the point.
Thx! Message enters my heart directly! Wonderful soul! 💖
Watching this in the summer of 2018... Dear Prudence, what a beautiful soul she was then, and now... This should be taught in schools throughout the world... Glad I was around back in the day to learn... I am still learning today~~~ Blessings and Peace to all who read this~~~~
I adored this conversation ;-)
She comes off to me as an intellectual.... .A person that has had enough guts to follow her own chosen path in life.. One of the many that are brave enough and committed enough to blow off other peoples judgements and keep themselves in good mental and physical shape it takes a lot of doing let me tell you .. It does take a strong mind and a good moral grounding to follow ones believes and a heck of a lot of hard work to accomplish ones goals, dreams...Good for her..most people don*t they get influenced or misdirected by the negativity of others or just get lazy and give up.. I wish everyone well ...Again good for her !!!!
Prudie is a great meditator. I met her in 68 & have always loved her & her family. obviously there's a little bit of halo effect, but she's sincere and has always been so.
Great to see Prudence again! Tell her hello for me. I knew her in New York many, many years ago in the early 80's I think. She seems happy now, I'm glad.
I love her voice - and her message!
i v listened interviews with ppl talking about Maharishi and they experience, THIS lady is great and she is the first where I did not feel any moodmaking like with all previous videos . God bless you and all those who stayed with regular practice of TM with straight open hearth which is rare gem in this world. Jai Guru Dev
+divedeepinside Dear Mr. Dividedeep....thanks for your comments. They make all of this effort worth it. I too thought that Prudence was spot on. Don't know how you found this on our list of Souljourns interviews since we don't market these in any way, but I'm grateful you did. Ted / Souljourns
+Souljourns, I was Purusha in Brjuhovichi Ukraine from 1993 and I was looking for videos early ones from that time and found the video on the side of the youtube and checked it out like I did few times before , but unfortunately many over 90 % of people in the Movement cant speak with straight forward honesty I feel the underlying synthetic thread,EXCEPT HER talk so I left the comment. My name is Jozef Kujundzic Governor from Serbia / Ex Yugoslavia in that time 68 when I born :) Did some 15 y on Purusha program traveled the world with the Movement and had my experience of TM the world and people in it. No one is near to that what Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was -unfortunately, ,and I still miss HIM!
Bobby Roth never comes across as mood-making, at least to me.
divedeepinside
Javi Guru Dev
Listening to this interview this surely is a person who warranted having an eternal beautiful song written about her....
You are absolutely right Prudence: stay within (meditate & than radiate) "Dear Prudence" and than come out healthy, wealthy & wise!
JGD.
Frank Lotz
and one day, by the blessing of God, the desires for the worldly pleasures becomes replaced by the desire for the Divine embrace alone. Soon, the knowledge that separation from the Divine is an illusion, arises. Then egoism begins to give way to compassion and grace. Jai Ma
Thank you for the deep honesty and sincerity beautiful to hear every part. Thank you
great interview, loved it.
Sweet and profound. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful Soul !
Thank you, love that, a living angel voice.
awesome.
Actually, I am a teacher of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation program. I lived in India for four and a half years, so am familiar with the significance of the number 108. (Did you know there are, on average, 108 diameters of the Sun between Earth and Sun? Same for the Moon). I have had the pleasure of knowing Prudence and her husband, Al, since 1972. Her spiritual presence, which can be sensed in the video, is, not surprisingly, much greater in person. Much love, Sai Ram, Jai Guru Dev.
Craig
I see no spiritual presence, just gullibility and insecurity, and much sadness.
@@davisworth5114 What do you have in your life that is better?
I come from the Philippines. ( Where is Prudence now? ) When l was a High School Senior I remember being engrossed in the music of the Beatles not knowing in the 1980s l will be lucky to meet the Beatles' Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in New Delhi, India. At the Vedic Science Conference, I stayed with Him for about 4 months. There from other nations, thousands of TM Teachers, TM Governors, Sidhas & Meditators listen to the Guru lectures morning, afternoon and evenings. We could ask Maharishi questions and the Guru readily gave answers.
The Conference was also organized by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to show that establishing a TM Sidhi Coherence-Creating Group can promote & establish World Harmony, lndividual Peace, Social Progress, Protection from Natural Calamities & Man-Made Disasters, Perfect Health, lndividual Fulfilment of Desires, True Spirituality, Development of Higher Consciousness, Enlightenment both for Individuals and Society.
Thanks so much for the interview--very informative. I had no idea this is what Ted H. is up to now (very interesting stuff). I grew up watching Ted on T.V. I am now a professor who researches the interface between psychology and spirituality (did some study at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology). Will be spending some time in Buddhist temples in Korea this summer. Keep up the good work with the channel.
Maharishi also touched my heart... your interview reminded me of that adorable feeling.
Thanks Jonathan, your comments prove my point. Many said nobody would bother to watch these interviews...no money, no fee, no promotion...just word of mouth and occasional curiosity. Great hearing from you. And it's great that you're a professor....in Cleveland, maybe?
Then Maharishi said these foreign Yoga Meditation-Sidhi Practicioners came to the Philippines and spent their own money for airplane fares & hotel room and food bills to prove the powerful effects of Yoga in stopping violence and promoting unity and harmony in society. Now they have to go back to their country. So the Philippine National Government, the Private Sector and the Citizenry must provide for the establishment of such coherence group. It could be a whole school or some other groups to practice once in the morning and once in the afternoon this Yoga Meditation and Sidhis to obtain such benefits for individual and society then they do their studying in school afterwards or working in offices, factory, even in the military or community as the case maybe.
He had animal magnetism. The Beatles bailed when maharishi went after the women.
Comment below "everyone loves" was addressed to the interviewer who did such a fine job.He made a comment to me which I thought was public about illusion and attachment.that was my reply which seems to stand alone.
Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio. I think you are right, many times it is about doing what Joseph Campbell said: "following your bliss"--which you appear to be doing just that (and I am trying). I see that you have an interview with Huston Smith...can't wait to watch that one! Keep up the good work, and I wish you the best.
During the early 80s, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi invited from various nations 2,000 Teachers & Practicioners of Yoga Meditation & TM Sidhis to go to the Philippines to attend anew a Vedic Conference and do their Yoga Meditation & Sidhis by renting the Top Hotels which were then being threatened by Terrorist bombs to prove the powerful effect of Yoga Meditation-Patanjali Sidhis.
Amazing interview I just came across.
I guess the alleged incidence with Mia wasn't as reported? As prudence continues to revere Maharishi.
Be sure to read Prudence's new memoir Dear Prudence:the story behind the song"
Albert Bruns Thanks Albert, please give me love to Prudence. I'm sure it's a great book and I look forward to getting it one day. The brief life story Prudence spoke of in our interview was just fascinating. I still do TM, along with a few variations along a similar theme. You get to a point where awakening from the hazy illusory notion of a phenomenal world becomes the biggest game in town. It's the one attachment that remain kosher. Sorry I didn't get a chance to know you better when I lived in Destin. We're now in Coronado ((less humid)). God bless.
Thanks Peter, I very much appreciate your comments. I will pass them along to Prudence. How did you find or discover this interview? I am always interested. Thanks, Ted
Maharishi played a key role when the Philippines experience a period of political turmoil by showing how powerful are the social effects of Yoga Meditation & Patanjali Yoga Sutras in reducing and the stopping violence by anti-government forces during the "light a fire movement" by rightist groups who bombed Metro Manila Top Hotels & Shopping Malls to frighten foreign investors, foreign tourists & local business hoping by destroying the national economy so that the Philippine Government then led by President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. would be deposed.
Thanks Jonathan, glad you enjoyed the interview. How did you discover it? Those who come to my website are almost always Sai Baba followers. Have been to see him 15 times in India...most ((but not all)) of my 200 video interviews are about him. Thanks for writing.
What a wise and beautiful woman. Prudence did come out to play I'm so happy to see ❤🙏
Thanks cb108.....you must be a Baba person due to your "108" name. How did you find this interview and why where you drawn to it. I appreciate all that you had to say and will forward this to Prudence. Much love and Sai Ram, Ted
Who is the interviewer: my favourite song...dear prudence
These foreign & Filipino delegates even went to Malacanang Palace to Present an Award and to Honor then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr & The First Lady Imelda Marcos as the Father and Mother of National Consciousness for the Government is the Just the Innocent Mirror of the Nation.
"You" led me there--in that I saw your retirement video from WEWS and it led me wonder what you were up to now and these days on the internet that is easy to find out....I am not a follower of Sai Baba, although I have heard of him. I still found the interviews interesting.
Is she related to Mia Farrow? I would be interested in knowing what her opinion is on the allegations concerning Maharishis misbehaviour with Mia Farrow.
meditate NOW
This means Each and Every Citizen of the Nation comprise the Whole Puzzle, Sum Total or Consciousness of Society, including the National Government. If the Citizens violate the Laws of the Land How do You expect Your Government to uphold a Lawful Society because the Citizens are the Basis of Government?
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I met with her. she was great, but wants the standard $960 for a 4 day course. I told her that I couldn't, and she said, "can you do $800?" I suddenly felt like i was bargaining for a car! I still plan to do it.
radiokevin There are scholarships available for people truly in need. Prudence has tremendous integrity. She will teach you for the rest of her life at no charge. What we get from Prudence is immeasurable. I had been meditating for 40 years, but she taught me how to reach a depth which was generally difficult for me. The technique is amazing and I am very grateful. My life has been changed in a very short time.
that's cool, i'm sure it's powerful stuff, but i was a bit jaded that she wanted my $$, but was offering a Scholarship to my friend that i referred.
And so, you expect her to teach for free when you have money to spend?
The David Lynch Foundation teaches TM for free to various groups. The fee you pay is not just for the initial instruction but for a free lifetime followup program any every TM center in teh world (there's about 600 of them including ones in Mongolia, Uganda, and various other "exotic" places).
no, not free. but when she lowered the price, THEN called my friend (who I referred) and told HER, "I have one available Scholarship to put you in for free"....well, I gave up at that point. Yeah, I get it, make up a nonsense word, and repeat it over and over , until you are in a deep state. got it.
Here is (as I understand it) how things work:
The TM organization expects the teacher to send $960 to them and they send $480 back to the TM teacher.
If the TM teacher is independently wealthy, she can offer half price by simply adding $480 from her own bank account to the $480 that you pay, and send the TM organization $960. She then gets $480 back and puts it BACK in the back.
Alternatively, the TM organization can take some excess money lying around and put it into the pot and require Prudence to only send $760. She still gets $480 back because the TM organization had a donation/excess revenue account handy to do that.
Some local friend of Prudence' can also donate money, and make your cost lower as well.
BUT, Prudence and every other TM teacher needs to get that $480 unless they are independently wealthy because she pays for food clothing shelter AND the rent on the local TM center (often her home).
So... there's often a limited number of scholarships available, depending on all the givens, and my question to YOU is: who has better financials, you or your friend?
that may be why your friend got the discount and you didn't. It also may be that Prudence got word about scholarships after you learned. Things change day by day, afterall.
I wonder how she feels now about supposedly having dated Robert "Bobby" Durst while his wife was "missing"?
Probably feeling lucky to be alive...
jane a sinner Ha.
jane a sinner she actually dated him while she was still alive and actually called the wife and told her lol
There is nothing in this interview where she paints herself as a saint. In fact she reveals her wounds throughout. A genuine spiritual path does not eliminate the Shadow until perhaps the very end of the journey. If anything meditation illuminates it. She is human. She has had her lessons like everybody else. Judgment such as depicted in the above remark belies a need to examine one’s own shadow. Let yourself be human-and all the mess this entails-and then see where your judgment of others falls. Judgment is itself very human. As is forgiveness.
Ok heard the intro the main points. No need to listen to the rest.
Australia director Irish mum
Is TM a TM?
Reverend Eslam yes, i believe it is.
In Hollywood
didn`t she blame the guru once of sexual attacks?
Zen Proverb: "To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master."
What happens when the way becomes the obstacle?
Neither Jesus, nor the Buddha taught TM!
+GarySe7en yes they did NOT teach techniques , they talked about Heaven on Earth or the state of pure joy Nirvana . With TM you go until you transcend everything in the end even the technique it self :) and than a big HURAAAAA!
My experience of TM went from the naive acceptance of the eponymous so-called meditation technique to the stupid notion that bouncing around on mattresses was learning to "fly" Over forty years later, I see that they are still bouncing. What a waste of time and money.
A Bodhisattva.
Without John Winston Lennon, you would only be known as Mia Farrows crazy sister.
what is the point of making a comment like that ? I think she would much prefer to be known as a good teacher than as a subject of a song even if its by the most famous band in history if i had to guess - and Dear Prudence is one of my fave fabs songs too.
@@julianciahaconsulting8663 Thanks for your reply…I respect your opinion, respect mine.
yeah but without her Lennon wouldn't have written his best song.
How can u pray quote unquote to something that didn't exist! Poor prudence
I think the more you want and need meditation, spirituality and gurus the more fucked up and crazy the person. John Lennon addressed this and its true. Prudence and all these crunchy, yoga obsessed people seem nuts.