--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bikram Choudry, the founder of Bikram Yoga, has successfully > > > defended his 26 posture technique in court as unique. No others > > > may use his form of McYoga without being certified instructors. > > > > > > One wonders if we were to examine the recertification papers if > > > they use similar wording used in the Bikram suit to try to force > > > adherence to a certified standard for TM's form of McMeditation? > > > > > > A program on the suit appeared wednesday of 60 Minutes (CBS). > > > > The TMO has been most concerned with use of the NAME of > > transcendental meditation during the past few lawsuits. This > > makes sense to ME because the TMO has always offered followup > > programs based on the assumption that everyone they're dealing > > with started wioth the same basic instruction and they're > > protecting their clientelle as much as themselves. > > > > Do you really object to this stance? Why? > > Because it's not true. > > When I worked at National I was assigned to be the > "point man" in the efforts to strengthen the use of > copyrighted terms like "TM" and "Transcendental > Meditation." So I had to interface between the > copyright lawyers who had been hired and the then > heads of the US movement. I can guarantee you that > at no point during any of the discussions was the > welfare of TMers or their "clientele" discussed. > It was simply a question of protecting a monopoly > and keeping other people from offering for a cheaper > price what they were offering for an expensive one. > > Also discussed often was vengeance, ways to punish > former TM teachers who dared to teach outside the > organization. It struck me at the time that neither > the wellbeing of the meditators or the potential > benefits to the world of more people being able to > learn to meditate never came up; it was all in terms > of "How do we protect what's ours." The use of the > word 'McMeditation' is thus, IMO, very apt.
The motivations of the people you met are interesting, but the "protecting" the TMO and the clientele, etc., is independent of what the motivations were. The practical matter is that THERE is such an issue, whether the people you were dealing with were thinking in those terms or not. 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/
