It is an irony that so much of the rigidity of the TMO was supposedly to maintain the purity of the teaching - yet now this aim is going to be seriously undermined by the alienation of the majority of the 40,000+ teachers MMY created, many of whom might start teaching independently now. It is one of many paradoxes and contradictions in the whole history of the TMO. Moreover, even if MMY eventually decides to charge more reasonable fees to ward off such competition the uncertified teachers would still win in the West, at least, because they would dump all the "religious", "Indian" and "anti- Western" bits of the package, as TM was originally promoted in its prime. The only trump card for MMY is his peace initiative - if it works. But if within his own organization there is war, what hope for the world?
Someone also mentioned how MMY's message needs to be heard from the finest rather the grossest level - followers have made allowances for MMY in this respect over many decades. His terminology, if at odds with common usage, was supposedly aimed at future generations, for instance. But all of MMY's goals could easily have been framed in different ways, without alienating people (especially the converted) and focused much more efficiently. Only NOW, after 50 years, he decides to give up on Government support and try going it alone (re the world peace project). Had he done so 15 years ago, focusing all his considerable resources to the task... well who knows.. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marwincornyarmand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems to me that the advent of thousands of "uncertified" TM > teachers might be Nature's way of telling the movement that it does > not own this knowledge and that it even transcends MMY's approval if > he is obstructing it's spread. Nothing stops evolution. It's entirely > possible that the movement realizes there is nothing legal they can do > despite bluffs (common in legal proceedings) and they are trying to > tighten the loophole with new legal agreements in the recertification > program. Maybe God (Nature) wants a free maketplace of new meditators > who are taught by trained teachers who owe their allegiance to God > rather than an organization or guru. > > Hey. > With the "New Organisation" were "uncertified "TM-Teachers not longer > is a part of, MMY has cancelled the former agreements with > the "uncertified TM-Teachers", either he is aware of it or not. In my > opinion the "uncertified" TM-Teachers have an unique knowledge to > share with other people. We can be a part of the evolution in a > positive way. > > Ingegerd 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/
