Why George Harrison Had Changed My Life
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Im sure many of us here may say that George has changed their life. One of the reasons why I was so much attached to George is because I loved the spiritual life he led and it changed me. He made me realized that there was more to life than what I was doing before. I read the book by Joshua M. Greene about George's spiritual life called "Here Comes the Sun" and after reading I totally agreed all that George had said about spirituality. It led me to a new path. Also George's song My Sweet Lord had also a major effect on me. I've had a dream about George telling me that I should stay with the devotees of Krishna as most of you know George was into the Eastern philosophy of India and so am I now. George found me a new family after my mother divorced for a second time. I strongly felt George's spirit was guiding me through spirituality and now Im with a spiritual family where there's so much love. I totally understood why George went down that path. He was looking for love, peace and happiness. God bless you George. I will always love you and remember you for helping me find a sweet loving spiritual family in Cleveland Ohio. You will always have a special place in my heart.
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Very cool story. Thanks for sharing. Hare Krishna!
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By "a sweet loving spiritual family in Cleveland Ohio" do you mean the "devotees of Krishna"?
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Someone here posted a very funny story regarding George kicking a Hare Krishna out of his house once because he was so boring and telling him to go down to the local pub and get a few pints in him
That's the George I admire 
I've read some of George's "spiritual philosophy" and let's just say, I'm not a buyer of it 
: When he adopted this route, I think it had a negative impact on his music, but that's just my opinion. -
On a positive note I did however pick up a few good tips from George on making a curry
This Stevie Riks parody of George making a curry is quite funny 
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maccasfangirl30:
Im sure many of us here may say that George has changed their life. One of the reasons why I was so much attached to George is because I loved the spiritual life he led and it changed me. He made me realized that there was more to life than what I was doing before. I read the book by Joshua M. Greene about George's spiritual life called "Here Comes the Sun" and after reading I totally agreed all that George had said about spirituality. It led me to a new path. Also George's song My Sweet Lord had also a major effect on me. I've had a dream about George telling me that I should stay with the devotees of Krishna as most of you know George was into the Eastern philosophy of India and so am I now. George found me a new family after my mother divorced for a second time. I strongly felt George's spirit was guiding me through spirituality and now Im with a spiritual family where there's so much love. I totally understood why George went down that path. He was looking for love, peace and happiness. God bless you George. I will always love you and remember you for helping me find a sweet loving spiritual family in Cleveland Ohio. You will always have a special place in my heart.
George's spiritual quest is something that really interests me. I've ordered the book. Looking forward to reading it. I love his music as well.
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Erik in NJ:
Someone here posted a very funny story regarding George kicking a Hare Krishna out of his house once because he was so boring and telling him to go down to the local pub and get a few pints in him
That's the George I admire .yes, George had a wick sense of humor. I would have enjoyed having a pint or two with George
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Yes, I think I would have had a much better time with him having a couple pints and just talking to him about regular stuff than talking about existentialism etc.
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Erik in NJ:
Yes, I think I would have had a much better time with him having a couple pints and just talking to him about regular stuff than talking about existentialism etc.
my comment was more directed to having a laugh with George and not talking about spiritualism.
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dcshark:
Erik in NJ:
Yes, I think I would have had a much better time with him having a couple pints and just talking to him about regular stuff than talking about existentialism etc.
my comment was more directed to having a laugh with George and not talking about spiritualism.
I understand what you meant, I was just saying basically that I don't agree with his spiritualism...I was reading the new biography and his believing that everything happens for a reason and that it's a preplanned destiny guided by some divine hand. I don't hold this belief to be true or even remotely true. I would not really want to talk to him about this other than to debate him and challenge his thesis. Having said that I'd much rather have had some pints and laughs with him -- I think he really would have enjoyed the Riks parody
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Pawel:
By "a sweet loving spiritual family in Cleveland Ohio" do you mean the "devotees of Krishna"?
yes that is what I meant. I wasn't sure if anyone would here understand that if I posted that here so I just put 'spiritual.' But the "Here Comes the Sun" biography about George is very interested for those who are George Harrison fans. I could totally understand what George was looking for in life. He didn't want to live a life of fame and glory. That's why he's called "The Quiet One.'
I understand that not everyone will agree with George's spiritual side, but I sure do. Everyone has their opinion about life. To me George is a very very special soul. And his music is very soothing to me. It calms me down when I get stressed. I just listen to George's spiritual instructions in his songs. -
Well George was a man of paradoxes. He didn't always practice what he preached and he certainly lived in the material world with one of the most ostentatious mansions of any of the Beatles and garages full of uber expensive sports cars and he certainly wasn't giving his money away by any stretch of the imagination. He was called "the quiet one" but those who knew him said he wasn't and he certainly enjoyed the doors that his fame and glory opened for him despite his protestations that being in the Beatles was "a waste of time." There's certainly more to George than what meets the public eye and I'm not sure that I believe that George was totally honest with himself. I always kind of liked him and he was my favorite of the Beatles for quite a while. I think he could have done so much more musically than he did and I'm sorry that his religion altered that course.
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Chris O'Dell ("Miss O'Dell") who lived with the Harrisons in Friar Park in the early 1970's recalls in her book the neverending visits of the "Krishna devotees" who came in large numbers, with whole families, kids included. They were all over the place, giving Patti (George's wife) a hard time, making a lot of mess and disorder. They didn't seem to care about her privacy and what she thought or how she felt about their overwhelming presence. As a matter of fact they snubbed her a lot, and only paid attention to George who obviously supported their group with substantial subsidies. The devotees were so busy with themsleves they didn't even care much about their kids who wandered all about the huge place on their own. They were left unattended to. Once it almost ended up in a tragic accident when an unattended child fell into the pond in the park and almost drowned. The child was only saved because Patti (or was it Chris?) saw him fall and saved him at the last minute. No one said thank-you, no one seemed to care too much about what'd happened. The "Krishna devotees" ominpresence in the mansion was one of the reasons why George and Patti's marriage started to disintegrate.
