--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" <seekliberation@...>
wrote:
>
> My suggestion wasn't that TM be taught for free. My
> opinion was a fair price would be around $300-500.
> $1500 may not be a lot for an engineer with a Master's
> degree, or someone born in a wealthy family, but it's
> a hell of a lot to someone working in a factory or
> doing landscaping.
Hear hear. Heck, even *I* would stand up and cheer
if the TMO repriced its products into the range that
seekliberation suggests above. That would probably
be considered a fair price. And if the TMO then got
rid of this "recertification" nonsense and allowed
all past teachers to teach, it might allow some of
these teachers to teach full-time. Based on the old
50/50 split with National, I supported myself fine
with an even lower course fee. And that was pre-Merv.
Such a move might also go far to dispel the impression
that their current marketing approach ("Target the
rich") might be more aimed at soliciting big donations
from Fat Cats than it is in actually spreading the
benefits of meditation. The current policy actually
discriminates. If you're rich, you can afford the
prices, so TM is available to you. If you're a low-
income kid or a prisoner or a soldier with PTSD or
one of the lucky students at the DLF schools, TM
s available to you. But if you're in that vast
majority in between, at the current price TM is
not really available to you.
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000 <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > It's my opinion that American's just don't value anything that is free.
> > Everythings value is determined by price and hence the high price of TM
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll teach any homeless person for free (if they are stable enough).
> > > But it won't be TM but the meditation technique I been given to teach
> > > through my tantra studies. It included shaktipat for the "jump start."
> > >
> > > On 08/30/2011 02:39 PM, seekliberation wrote:
> > > > I know well over a dozen close friends and family very intrigued by TM,
> > > > but $1500 is way out of question. $375 would be great, even $500 is
> > > > reasonable. I'm sure many TMer's know many friends that are in the
> > > > same boat.
> > > >
> > > > Apparently, either TMO or MMY are not good at math. Perhaps some
> > > > people in America could drop $1500 easily, but there are also many
> > > > working class people who are barely making ends meet who could benefit
> > > > a lot from TM. The $1500 price, IMO, is putting it out of reach for
> > > > those who get their hands dirty for a living. A basic working class
> > > > man/woman who makes 40k per year who wants a decent place to stay and
> > > > medical care along with children/family, well....you can kiss a $1500
> > > > spiritual technique goodbye.
> > > >
> > > > This whole 'Top-Down' theory is what I think partly inspired the
> > > > ridiculous price. The idea was to get rich, wealthy, powerful and
> > > > famous people to practice, and all of a sudden it would trickle down,
> > > > just like Reaganomics. Hopefully the whole DLF thing works out. But I
> > > > doubt we're going to have a mass population take up the practice given
> > > > the current price.
> > > >
> > > > seekliberation
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008<no_reply@> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"<LEnglish5@> wrote:
> > > >>> Everyone constantly harps on how much TM costs. They are full of it.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> From the David Lynch website:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Funding Target: $75,000 per year for each specially trained teacher
> > > >>> to provide an intensive 12-month program of individualized
> > > >>> instruction and follow-up in the Transcendental Meditation program
> > > >>> for 200 at-risk veterans. Total funding: 50 trainers to serve 10,000
> > > >>> at-risk veterans: $3.75 million.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> That's $75,000/200 = $375 per vet including initial instruction and
> > > >>> regular checking in a formal setting for 12 months.
> > > >>
> > > >> Nice. With the huge success the DLF is having around the world this
> > > >> could easily by the new policy adopted by the TMO !
> > > >>
> > > >> http://dlf.tv/2010/annie/
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
