The_AT Maharishi_NP1 's_GE search_NN1 for_IF Heaven_NN1 on_II Earth_NN1 pays_VVZ off_RP By_II Damian_NP1 Thompson_NP1 Religious_JJ Affairs_NN2 Correspondent_NN1 EVERYONE_PN1 who_PNQS grew_VVD up_RP in_II the_AT Sixties_MC2 has_VHZ heard_VVN of_IO Transcendental_JJ Meditation_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE founder_NN1 the_AT Maharishi_NN1 ,_, the_AT giggling_JJ Indian_JJ guru_NN1 who_PNQS guided_VVD the_AT Beatles_NP2 through_II their_APPGE flower_NN1 power_NN1 phase_NN1 ._. 
In_II Britain_NP1 ,_, his_APPGE followers_NN2 are_VBR well_RR known_VVN for_IF their_APPGE ownership_NN1 of_IO Mentmore_NP1 Towers_NP1 ,_, the_AT palatial_JJ former_DA home_NN1 of_IO the_AT Earls_NN2 of_IO Rosebery_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 has_VHZ taken_VVN the_AT extraordinary_JJ campaign_NN1 of_IO the_AT Natural_JJ Law_NN1 Party_NN1 to_TO bring_VVI home_RL the_AT sheer_JJ size_NN1 and_CC wealth_NN1 of_IO the_AT movement_NN1 ,_, 25_MC years_NNT2 after_CS it_PPH1 first_MD made_VVD headlines_NN2 ._. 
The_AT party_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX a_AT1 motley_JJ collection_NN1 of_IO ageing_JJ hippies_NN2 ,_, but_CCB an_AT1 arm_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 wealthy_JJ and_CC complex_JJ organisation_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT Sixties_MC2 ,_, it_PPH1 all_DB seemed_VVD simple_JJ enough_RR ._. 
The_AT Maharishi_NP1 Mahesh_NP1 Yogi_NP1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 slickly-packaged_JJ Indian_JJ guru_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 message_NN1 tailored_VVN to_II the_AT times_NNT2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 taught_VVD that_CST states_NN2 of_IO mystical_JJ ecstasy_NN1 could_VM be_VBI achieved_VVN effortlessly_RR and_CC without_IW recourse_NN1 to_II psychedelic_JJ drugs_NN2 ._. 
Loosely_RR based_VVN on_II the_AT Hindu_JJ scriptures_NN2 ,_, Transcendental_JJ Meditation_NN1 rejects_VVZ belief_NN1 in_II a_AT1 personal_JJ God_NN1 in_II31 favour_II32 of_II33 '_GE cosmic_JJ consciousness_NN1 '_GE ._. 
An_AT1 important_JJ part_NN1 of_IO the_AT process_NN1 towards_II self-realisation_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 programme_NN1 which_DDQ teaches_VVZ levitation_NN1 ._. 
Convincing_JJ public_JJ demonstrations_NN2 of_IO this_DD1 are_VBR ,_, however_RR ,_, rare_JJ ._. 
After_CS the_AT Beatles_NP2 lost_VVD interest_NN1 in_II him_PPHO1 ,_, the_AT Maharishi_NP1 made_VVD only_RR occasional_JJ appearances_NN2 in_II the_AT headlines_NN2 ,_, most_DAT of_IO them_PPHO2 connected_VVN with_IW the_AT large_JJ sums_NN2 of_IO money_NN1 his_APPGE organisation_NN1 was_VBDZ spending_VVG ._. 
In_II fact_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 was_VBDZ growing_VVG steadily_RR ._. 
Transcendental_JJ Meditation_NN1 now_RT has_VHZ three_MC and_CC a_AT1 half_DB million_NNO followers_NN2 worldwide_RL ._. 
The_AT Maharishi_NN1 has_VHZ made_VVN it_PPH1 clear_JJ that_CST his_APPGE promises_NN2 of_IO Heaven_NN1 on_II Earth_NN1 are_VBR to_TO be_VBI taken_VVN literally_RR ._. 
'_GE Cities_NN2 of_IO the_AT Immortals_58 '_GE will_NN1 be_VBI set_VVN up_RP by_II California-based_JJ company_NN1 called_VVN the_AT Heaven_NN1 on_II Earth_NN1 Corporation_NN1 ,_, many_DA2 of_IO them_PPHO2 providing_VVG low-cost_JJ housing_NN1 for_IF the_AT Third_MD World_NN1 ._. 
There_EX are_VBR also_RR plans_VVZ for_IF a_AT1 theme_NN1 park_NN1 next_II21 to_II22 Disneyland_NP1 ._. 
Transcendental_JJ Meditation_NN1 has_VHZ never_RR acquired_VVN the_AT reputation_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 sinister_JJ cult_NN1 ,_, but_CCB doubts_NN2 are_VBR sometimes_RT voiced_VVN about_II it_PPH1 ._. 
Dr_NNB Paul_NP1 Booth_NP1 ,_, of_IO the_AT Government-funded_JJ cult_NN1 information_NN1 service_NN1 Inform_VV0 ,_, describes_VVZ it_PPH1 as_II '_GE nowhere_RL near_II the_AT top_NN1 of_IO our_APPGE list_NN1 of_IO problem_NN1 organisations_NN2 '_GE ._. 
'_GE But_CCB the_AT course_NN1 is_VBZ n't_XX cheap_JJ ,_, and_CC we_PPIS2 do_VD0 deal_VVI with_IW cases_NN2 of_IO people_NN who_PNQS get_VV0 in_RP over_II their_APPGE heads_NN2 financially_RR ._. 
'_GE Rachel_NP1 Storm_NN1 ,_, author_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 study_NN1 of_IO the_AT New_JJ Age_NN1 movements_NN2 ,_, adds_VVZ :_: '_GE Like_II many_DA2 New_JJ Age_NN1 movements_NN2 ,_, it_PPH1 fails_VVZ to_TO put_VVI newcomers_NN2 entirely_RR in_II the_AT picture_NN1 ._. '_" 
