I've been surprised by the bad press this London Meditation Centre is getting from FFL especially as another posting expressed hopes that David Lynch might be a catalyst for a more "secular" revival of TM, given that the TMO is now openly broadcasting it's religiousity and cultness on all available channels and on all possible fronts, quite unconcerned about the damage all this is doing to its credibility, whatever the merits and scientific evidence for its claims. What surprises me more, in this internet age, is why these independent meditation teachers don't form a loose international association and themselves do what MMY should have done after 1973.. keep it simple, practical, non-controversial, universal.
I agree with you Guyfawkes when you say: "The independent sector is doing the movement a favor by demonstrating that the lack of new initiates in the official channel isn't due to a lack of coherence, or bad vastu , or bad karma, or lack of purity. It's due to having a non-viable business model." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that some people get het up about TM teachers who go indy and > keep the money for themselves. But look at it another way, if you want > the movement to survive then people have to be able to make a living > as professional teachers. The TMO cannot survive forever on handouts > from the rich, there's a declining supply of them and in a couple of > decades they'll all be dead. So how will the movement make a living then? > > The only option for long term survival is to become like any other > profession, train people well, trust them to run their own businesses > and set their own prices, let them keep the money and expand their > business. The independent sector is doing the movement a favor by > demonstrating that the lack of new initiates in the official channel > isn't due to a lack of coherence, or bad vastu , or bad karma, or lack > of purity. It's due to having a non-viable business model. Teachers in > the independent sector can make a good living and they teach lots of > people. More people learn TM through the indy channel than the > official channel. Charging people a fortune, paying teachers a > pittance and surviving by extracting money from the rich in exchange > for the hope that "next year the phase transition will come", is not a > viable business model in the long term. > > On the other hand people who give money to the movement are doing the > TMO a great disservice by protecting it from economic reality and > encouraging delusional thinking. > > Eventually, when the donation money runs out, whoever is left in the > official TMO will have to let teachers set their own prices, keep the > money and earn a living because that is the only business model that > works. > > > > > > New York City Course: > > > HYPERLINK > > > > "http://www.londonmeditationcentre.com/index.php/nymc/"http://www.lo ndonmedi > > > tationcentre.com/index.php/nymc/ >
