--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: What is that > underlying motivation?
Making the few people sticking to the belief system believe that TM is finally becoming "mainstream", as Paul naively parroted in the news conference. The triumphalist dream has finally come and the whole world will recognize how brilliant this tiny group of believers are. This is the big one gang, look, there are two BEATLES, celebrity royalty,on the side of TM! (which they don't regularly practice but are all for the idea of kids doing so.) > > > On Apr 4, 2009, at 5:37 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > As for the program itself, I wish it well. I really > > do think that kids would benefit from learning a > > simple form of meditation while still kids. That the > > form of meditation being proposed is TM I think is > > problematic because I honestly believe that the way > > it's taught and explained in followup talks is > > religously-based and thus inappropriate for American > > schools given the Constitution and the clear wishes > > of America's founding fathers. But the courts will > > decide that. > > While one did get a good feeling that kids meditating was a good > thing, I was more interested in that they are targeting 'kids at > risk'. What seems to be happening is, since it's getting harder for > the TM Meditation industry to target American kids without drawing > negative attention, they're now targeting the poor in third world > countries where such opposition is less likely. In America they seem > to be targeting the poor also where resistance would likely be less, > as resources to investigate or oppose are also much more feeble. In > other words, I have wonder if the TM meditation industry is targeting > the poor because they're an easy target. > > What it really boils down to is: what is the underlying motivation? Is > it to help kids, or is it targeted market segments to get the TM > Meditation industry back making money and recruiting fresh blood--at > 600 bucks a pop? Clearly if it was just for the kids, they could > easily pay a salary of 100,000 to a dozen or so teachers who could > teach for free for a living. But that is not what they're doing. > Therefore, there's a different underlying motivation. What is that > underlying motivation? >
