--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > There was a presentation in the Dome on Sunday (to people with > > valid badges, of course) pitching people to sign up for Maharishi > > (SM) (TM) Vastu, MVVT, Ayurveda, Jyotish, Gemstones, Timeshares, > > Coursse at Brahamastans, Support of Pandits because Maharsihi > > developed all of these things to further the attendees' evolution. > > A brave or desperate soul asked the question if the price of these > > have to haves for evolution by Maharishi's insistence would be > > dropped so than someone, anyone, in the Dome could afford what > > Maharishi considered vital to his evolution. The answer was of > > course, hem, haw, sidestep. > > > > Would Maharishi have a guilty conscious considering he developed > > all of these things necessary for our evolution but then priced it > > all out of our reach? > > > LOL, of course not. > > Because they were so good and so evolutionary, they should demand > higher prices, would have been his rationale. >
The short-term goal of the TM organization has been to become viable for the long-term. All these products have, at best, effects that are minor compared to the effects of TM and are obviously done mostly as fund-raising for the parent organization, even if the people providing the goods and services believe that they are beneficial in and of themselves. L.