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Originally posted by Hari's Chick from "Blast From the Beatles' Past:
Also, Lou is George's sister, and my Godsister. She shared George's Mom and Dad. The same maternal eyes fixed on young Louise with adoration that later looked down upon our George.
My thoughts.
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Originally posted by beatlebangs1964:
This is exactly why George stories make me feel so intensely good. I love thinking of just how well loved the youngest child of 4 and the youngest Beatle of 4 really was. This really captures just why I honestly think George was effective to the extent that he continues to be and why we love him as we do.
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Ibid., Hari's Chick:
From Louise~
George and I shared many experiences, including the excitement and fun of the early Beatle years, the search for a better understanding of our Creator, why are we here on Earth? and do we have any real purpose? George's search led him, amongst other things, to a book called "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda. In about 1969, George sent me a copy of the book and soon thereafter I joined the Self-Realization Fellowship which Yogananda founded in 1925 in California.
George was delighted when I showed him my membership card and with a mischievous grin said to me (knowing some of the goof-ups I had made in my life), "Maybe now you will become my divine sister!" With an equally mischievous grin I replied, "I'd like to try, but it won't come easy." His reply: "Nothing worthwhile ever does!"
I learned from SRF, if you truly believe the Creator is within you: a) You are connected with love to all who also contain that spirit. b) You can never think any thought, or perform any act 'behind God's back' and c) Your spirit cannot be adversely affected by the happenings in this finite and imperfect world. Living with those credos one can only think and act with total purity of purpose. In late 1992, I formed a non-profit environmental organization, called Drop-In! It was a continuation of the spirit of many of the "messages" embodied in the Beatle phenomenon. We also included some of the things I had learned from the SRF.
Initially I explained the general ideas of Drop-In to George and invited him to be on the Board, but he said to me, "No Lou, this is your mission or dharma. This is the task you have to do. Besides, it seems you have tapped into a "Power" greater than any help I can give. "
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I think this kind of thing makes us love George all the more.