--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > > <mainstream20016@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > > > > <mainstream20016@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > > <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii_99@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (snip) > > > > > > > If anything, most of the TM moodmakers > > > > > > > > that I know appear to be staunch Repugs. > > > > > > > (snip) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Finally, an explanation of what went wrong with the TM > > > > movement. > > > > > > > Exactly the same thing that is wrong with this country. > > > > > > > > > > > > Except that nothing went wrong with the TMO, it is thriving > > and > > > > > > expanding in every field except initiations, which was a > > willed > > > > > > development. > > > > > > But you can't see that because you are too biased. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nabby, > > > > > I'm in the mood for being entertained. Please > > > > elaborate on '...TMO....expanding in > > > > > every field except initiations, which was a willed > > > > development.' ... > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -Mainstream > > > > > > > > Main, why on earth should I waste time entertaining you ? Go > > instead > > > > to your favorite nudity web-page and enjoy your favorite > > activity in > > > > the comfort of your own chair. > > > > > > > > > > Nabby, > > > I love the nudity of my spouse, and frankly, she's > > hot enough for me to satisfy me > > > such that porn web-sites are boring to me. Not that you would > > know anything about real > > > relationships, what with the degree of reverance and awe you > > expend upon MMY, who > > > would probably laugh wildly at the absurdity of your claim that he > > willed to have fewer > > > initiates. > > > -Mainstream > > > > > > Glad you like your wife, if she likes you I presume we here are > > talking of two weirdos. > > > > If it wasn't willed to lower the initiations by raising the price to > > 2500.- dollars I'm very very eager to hear Mains explanation. > > You haven't paid attention have you; already in the early '80s > > Maharishi said that from now on we do not need any more meditators. > > Not one ! > > > > But you missed that one, and pretty much everything else that > > happened during the last 25 years WITHIN the TMO, or so it seems. > > > > > Yeah, Nabby, I heard that MMY, in the late 70s, with a certain spring in his step and > enthusiasm in his voice related to the 'progress' six-month course participants were > having with the TMSP, said that the world had enough meditators to fulfill the 'age of > enlightenment' goals of his organization, presumably because of the extra life-supporting > atmospheric effects of the Sidhis versus simple TM practice. > The difference between you and me is that I didn't believe he was telling it like he really > saw it at the time, and you still believe it 30+years later. >
What happened was this: After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and selflessly promoting TM to the point at which he, Maharishi, the TM Movement, and the TM Technique had actually gained some semblance of credibility, he flushed it ALL down the toilet by introducing the flying technique to the world in the manner that he did. This was in late '76, early '77. When he realized that he goofed, what could he do other than cover his tracks? And this, Nabby, is what was behind the announcement that the world had enough meditators. As soon as he announced the flying, initiations started a dramatic decline. No one would touch us with a 10-foot pole. Indeed, although I have no hard statistics to back it up, I suggest to you that at least 20% of TM Teachers quit meditating during this time period becaus of their disillusionment with the TMO over the Flying. And by the end of the '70s when he made the announcement that Nabby referred to, it was an attempt to cover his tracks: "Oh, we don't need any more initiations" really meant "no one is beating a path to our door any longer because the world thinks we're a bunch of idiots." ...and... "It is time to introduce new knowledge such as Ayur Veda, Schtapatya Veda, etc. " really meant "Our financial resources are drying up because no one is being initiated anymore so we have to find new ways to milk money out of the true believers." ...and... "it is best to put the price up to $2,5000" really meant "Only die- hard numbskulls would be stupid enough to start TM so we might as well get as much out of them as possible."
