I have to agree with pretty much everything Barry writes here. And "sad" IS the best word to describe it.
It would be wonderful if many people started TM as a result. Perhaps the only way that can happen is if the money raised is used to get people started in other countries, non-western countries because it's "tainted" here as far as education goes (which is what the Lynch Foundation is all about). Let them raise several million, keep it away from Girish, and see about getting Venezuelans or some other nationality's people meditating. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays <dickmays@> wrote: > > > > From: Bob Roth <bobroth@> > > To: Dick Mays <dickmays@> > > Subject: Re: [Fairfield_Community_Kiosk] Ringo will appear at the > concert > > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:16:25 -0500 > > > > Ringo confirmed, but we do not know if they will collaborate... > > but he is coming... > > Just as a question, does anyone else see the > fascination with this concert as a little sad? > > Don't get me wrong -- I actually applaud David > Lynch's idealism and his desire to teach a million > kids to meditate. And I think that the world would > be a better place if a million of them learned a > simple, basic technique like TM, and then were > kept as far away as humanly possible from the TMO, > its dogma, and its cultish environment. > > But on another level, isn't the fascination and > excitement we see about this concert a bit of > "Forward, into the past?" (To quote the Firesign > Theatre.) > > I mean, this is a 63-year-old man promoting a > concert that features an almost 67-year-old > singer and an almost 69-year-old drummer. And > the people getting all excited about it are in > the same age range. > > It's almost as if they were "looking backwards" > to the "glory days" of the TM movement, and > hoping that by "reviving" those glory days, and > using the *same* performers to do it, they can > revive their *own* glory. > > I'm not convinced that's going to happen. The > first "Beatles wave" happened at an opportune > moment in American history. The "wave" got carried > along by the *other* waves of the Hippie revolution > and the anti-war revolution, both of them based to > some extent on *rejecting* the status quo and the > staid and boring future laid out for young people > by their elders. It also happened at a time when > TM cost $35 for students and $75 for adults. > > Now it costs $2000 for everyone, unless David Lynch > pays for it, and then it costs $600. So I'm thinkin' > that -- as much as I'd like to see a lot of young > people learning to meditate -- a "wave" is just not > gonna happen as a result of this concert. > > As for the *audience* for this concert, I have to > be equally cynical in thinking there aren't going > to be a lot of young people there. Instead, it's > going to be a bunch of old folks reliving the glory > days of their youths by watching people as old as > they are dance around up on stage. That's cool and > all, but if I were into that I'd be trying to score > tickets to the upcoming Grateful Dead tour, not a > concert featuring two of the Fab Four. > > Anyway...these were just a few thoughts about this > concert. I really do wish them well. I hope it's a > great concert, that all attending or performing have > a great time, and that they raise a lot of money that > will be spent teaching kids to meditate. > > But recapturing the "glory days" of the TM movement, > or even the glory days of its dying-faster-than-they- > are-multiplying TM practitioners? I don't see that > happening. > > > > > To: > <mailto:fairfield_community_ki...@yahoogroups.com>Fairfield_Community_ ki...@yahoogroups.com > > From: "mcjrich" <<mailto:mcjrich@>mcjrich@> > > Sender: > <mailto:fairfield_community_ki...@yahoogroups.com>Fairfield_Community_ ki...@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:34:56 -0000 > > Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: [Fairfield_Community_Kiosk] Ringo will appear > > at the concert > > Reply-To: > <mailto:fairfield_community_ki...@yahoogroups.com>Fairfield_Community_ ki...@yahoogroups.com > > > > Last nite on the Global chat, Peter Swan said McCartney and Ringo > > Starr and others will be at the concert > > >
