--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is that the average income in the USA probably IS about $50K/year (or more). > > However, the average is misleading because most people do not make the average > income. A better measure is the median income, which would be, in this context, what > MOST people make. That's far lower than $50K/year, even now.
The average annual pay in the United States in 2001 was $36,214 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/annpay.t01.htm > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This hit the nail right on the head.... > > > > > give Maharishi a > > > totally false and dishonest view of the acceptance > > > of TM activities > > > in the scientific world, and then stupidly urge him > > > to run the same > > > idiotic no-results-guaranteed big ads in newspapers. > > > > > > I remember being in Holland during the big course in > > 1991, up in the nosebleed section, when people down on > > the stage with Maharishi were beginning to discuss the > > beginnings of the Mandala project. Someone asked > > Maharishi what the average income was in the U.S. and > > he was told, "$50,000!" No wonder he thinks people > > can afford being in the TM movement these days. > > However, even though $50,000 is a huge amount by some > > standards, it doesn't go very far around here in the > > U.S. > > > > I think that Maharishi has been given misleading, > > false, untrue, inaccurate, twisted to what people > > think Maharishi wants to hear information for soooooo > > long, that I pray that this is the reason so many > > unrealistic instructions and guidelines are passed > > down from "international." From the cost to learn TM > > these days...to the cost of the siddhis...advanced > > techniques...never mind the really expensive stuff > > like jyotish, yagyas, stpatya veda housing, etc. etc. > > It is so sad to see that we have become a movement > > about money, not about spirituality. > > > > > > Shanti > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > > http://phone.yahoo.com 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/
