--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I > > > > > > > agree with you. It's pretty good. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good for what? > > > > > > Internal consumption? > > > > > > Clear guidance? > > > > > > Mission? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to > > > > > describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence." > > > > > -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman > > > > > > > > > > > "Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: > > > > > > 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. > > > 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. > > > 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint." > > > > > >
"Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities." > > > > > > > One sentence! > > Version: > > > > "Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential > > of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of > > Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a > > foundation > > coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation > > and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh > > Yogi for developing consciousness." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here > > > > > > > > who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope > > > > > > > > they can succeed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with > > > > > > > > it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a > > > > > > > > swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. > > > > > > > > You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to > > > > > > > > empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic > > > > > > > > reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to > > > > > > > > anyone looking in. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down > > > > > > > > using their essential language that is there but slimming down > > > > > > > > the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the > > > > > > > > straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using > > > > > > > > their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web > > > > > > > > page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in > > > > > > > > between I and II editing in progress. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm just trying to help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from > > > > > > > > > but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About the University > > > > > > > > > Mission Statement of the University > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by > > > > > > > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of > > > > > > > > > education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full > > > > > > > > > potential of consciousness in every student to help > > > > > > > > > students develop the ability to think and act in accord with > > > > > > > > > the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful > > > > > > > > > lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to > > > > > > > > > produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill > > > > > > > > > their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, > > > > > > > > > Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures > > > > > > > > > students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. > > > > > > > > > Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic > > > > > > > > > study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness > > > > > > > > > coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated > > > > > > > > > technologies for developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and > > > > > > > > > TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated > > > > > > > > > approach develops students' ability to manage their lives > > > > > > > > > successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and > > > > > > > > > wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal > > > > > > > > > fulfillment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four > > > > > > > > > broad areas of responsibility: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Holistic development of students cultivation of > > > > > > > > > consciousness, mind, body, and behavior > > > > > > > > > Academic excellence training at the forefront of > > > > > > > > > knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think > > > > > > > > > critically and act effectively and ethically > > > > > > > > > Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, > > > > > > > > > expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, > > > > > > > > > teaching and learning, integration, and application. > > > > > > > > > Improved quality of life for the individual, the > > > > > > > > > community, the nation, and the world. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" <jpgillam@> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. > > > > > > > > > > As I > > > > > > > > > > learned when a student at Maharishi International > > > > > > > > > > University, the > > > > > > > > > > mission statement is different from the strategies employed > > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > tactics followed to implement the strategies. This > > > > > > > > > > statement > > > > > > > > > > makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which > > > > > > > > > > is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and > > > > > > > > > > instead > > > > > > > > > > pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig > > > > > > > > > > knows > > > > > > > > > > better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Absolutely. The MUM Trustees if they had balls should have Craig > > > > Re-write that cluster fucker of a mission statement in to something > > > > that is readable. > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > Yep, & where the heck is Craig Pearson? The MUM trustees should rise up and > jettison Bevan as President of MUM and give the job to someone > who can really do it. It would be for the better. Bevan has enough to do > besides sit on MUM. It's been a legacy of long decline and dysfunction. It > is time for change. It is time to get to MUM's one-sentence mission free of > Bevan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" > > > > > > > > > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Om, which (?) version is more read-able: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Version I: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi > > > > > > > > > > > Mahesh Yogi > > > > > > > > > > > to produce more fully developed individuals, by > > > > > > > > > > > developing the potential > > > > > > > > > > > of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher > > > > > > > > > > > educational system > > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic > > > > > > > > > > > knowledge a > > > > > > > > > > > foundation > > > > > > > > > > > coupled with the study of consciousness through > > > > > > > > > > > Transcendental > > > > > > > > > > > Meditation and other scientifically validated practices > > > > > > > > > > > taught by > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Version II: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi > > > > > > > > > > > Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. > > > > > > > > > > > Foremost among > > > > > > > > > > > these ideals is developing the full potential of > > > > > > > > > > > consciousness in every > > > > > > > > > > > student to help students develop the ability to think > > > > > > > > > > > and act in > > > > > > > > > > > accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and > > > > > > > > > > > successful > > > > > > > > > > > lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: > > > > > > > > > > > to produce fully > > > > > > > > > > > developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own > > > > > > > > > > > aspirations > > > > > > > > > > > while promoting all good in society. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, > > > > > > > > > > > Consciousness-Based education > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.mum.edu/cbe.html> , that > > > > > > > > > > > systematically cultures students' full creative > > > > > > > > > > > intelligence, the > > > > > > > > > > > basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives > > > > > > > > > > > traditional > > > > > > > > > > > academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of > > > > > > > > > > > consciousness > > > > > > > > > > > coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated > > > > > > > > > > > technologies for > > > > > > > > > > > developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.mum.edu/tm.html> and TM-Sidhi programs, > > > > > > > > > > > including Yogic > > > > > > > > > > > Flying. This integrated approach develops students' > > > > > > > > > > > ability to > > > > > > > > > > > manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in > > > > > > > > > > > health, happiness, > > > > > > > > > > > and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and > > > > > > > > > > > personal > > > > > > > > > > > fulfillment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to > > > > > > > > > > > four broad areas > > > > > > > > > > > of responsibility: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > Holistic development of students cultivation of > > > > > > > > > > > consciousness, > > > > > > > > > > > mind, body, and behavior > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > Academic excellence training at the forefront of > > > > > > > > > > > knowledge in > > > > > > > > > > > each discipline and in the ability to think critically > > > > > > > > > > > and act > > > > > > > > > > > effectively and ethically > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, > > > > > > > > > > > expressed in all > > > > > > > > > > > four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and > > > > > > > > > > > learning, > > > > > > > > > > > integration, and application. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > Improved quality of life for the individual, the > > > > > > > > > > > community, the nation, > > > > > > > > > > > and the world. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > or, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guess which version is on the MUM.edu web page? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Version III: > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 > > > > > > > > > > > > by Maharishi > > > > > > > > > > > Mahesh Yogi to produce fully developed individuals, > > > > > > > > > > > citizens who can > > > > > > > > > > > fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in > > > > > > > > > > > society by > > > > > > > > > > > developing the full potential of consciousness in every > > > > > > > > > > > student through > > > > > > > > > > > a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based > > > > > > > > > > > education giving > > > > > > > > > > > traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with > > > > > > > > > > > the complete > > > > > > > > > > > study of consciousness in simple, natural, scientifically > > > > > > > > > > > validated > > > > > > > > > > > technologies for developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
