I'll present 2 options, feel free to chose: a. If you have used Vedic match you would have come with better #s. Your thinking is too linear, the solution comes from a higher dimension.
b. The whole cert program is just for PR purpose and more importantly to check the world consciousness. 550 proves still work needs to be done. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <SNIP> > > > Johny & Bob, > > > > I'm surprised by your negativity towards the rectification course, > > you would probably call it 'being realistic' or such. > > but know one thing , if MMY had that pattern of thinking towards > > world enlightenment then he would have stayed the woods to begin > with. > > > > cheer up > > ************** > > The recert program will fail, without question, as has almost every > effort undertaken by the TMO, because of poor planning and failure to > consult with level-headed consultants outside of the TM movement as a > reality check. > > I am in favor of things that work for the TM movement, and the recert > program will not. Why? Because the price of instruction in the USA is > too high at $2500/pop, and it makes far more sense to have part- time > teachers when the initiation rate is low like now, because the > teachers are not an economic drain on the TMO. Also, you get much > better coverage of the country with many part-time teachers than a > relative handful of full-timers in big cities (apparently only about > 550 teachers have signed up for the recert program). > > By saying that only a few full-time teachers can teach TM, and > guaranteeing (temporarily) a salary of $4K/month, the TMO is > committing itself to an expenditure of $2.2 mil/month (assuming 550 > full-time teachers). The TMO is not publishing current initiation > rates, but I suspect it is no more than 200/month in the USA ; in > order to pay the salaries of 550 full-time teachers, 880 initiations > per month would be necessary, and that does not include the many > other costs of running the TM movement. The TMO has recently sold > several properties, which may have brought in ~$30 mil (only one sale > price was disclosed) > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates.html#sales , but the burn rate > of having full-time teachers in addition to the expenses associated > with the building plans etc of the TMO means that the money will be > gone in less than a year (and possibly there is no money available at > all if the TMO is spending $40mil on the 40-day 100,000 pundit > project in India that is being talked about), and all those people > who quit their jobs to be full-time teachers will be back to being > part-timers and looking for a job when the TMO pulls the plug on the > salary. > > At one hour and 30 minutes into the 23Mar2005 press conference at > mou.org, Maharishi says that it may take centuries for the pundits to > restore Vedic civilization in India. With the flawed policy making of > the TMO, I think that's a real likely figure unless Maharishi gets > some more practical advisers (and as I have noted, these people have > to come from outside the culty environment of the TMO crackpot mgmt > crew): > > http://streaming.mou.org/MOU/Mar/wnews_23mar2005prt1_128 > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
