--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Susan, Perhaps just keeping TM in the news is enough. Also the bar is set > pretty low for spiritual organizations, so by keeping their noses relatively > clean, there is a big advantage for the TMO being mentioned in the news. They > don't have to do anything particularly impressive, just have TM available as > a product, for those interested.
True. I was thinking mainly of the people already doing TM for years and years and having some knowledge of the inside stuff - with them, credibility is nearly nil. For the public, just getting the TM name out there is quite effective. People are starved for relief from stress, for quiet. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is not the end of the Assembly in Fairfield, only > > > > that the Grant money is come to an end. The Fairfield > > > > Assembly will become something else. The donors felt > > > > there was more bang for the dollar funding going where > > > > there are already much larger group meditations. Their > > > > money is going to go where they can support the really > > > > large groups of meditators in Latin America and Asia > > > > > > > > The existence of which they have possibly only been > > > told about. Let us hope that they actually demand to > > > *go* there and be *shown* these supposedly large > > > groups of meditators before donating any money. > > > > > > > Exactly. And I am sure they will go and look it over. But really, the TMO > > is now in a position where no one takes the news or info or pr seriously at > > all. People just discount it and move on. So now if something > > legitimately great is going on, no one responds. Too many years of hype, > > exaggeration. > > > > > > > Or has everyone forgotten the photographs of the > > > supposed group of "10,000 Mayans" that showed that > > > the group consisted of at most 300 people. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I think it was a pretty nice offer to pay people to meditate. Very > > > > > generous, actually, on the donor's part. And Michael, while I agree > > > > > with you on many things, not this. The people who chose to get paid > > > > > to meditate in the Domes are adults (not serfs) - and I think most > > > > > are well over 25. Perhaps this was a really good thing for them. > > > > > And I don't think it was 8 hrs per day, either. Maybe they had > > > > > nothing else to do anyway, and so this was good. Buck would know for > > > > > sure, but I think this offer was around for about 5 years? So these > > > > > people did not spend 30 years doing this. If by their 50's or so > > > > > these people had nothing else going and are living in Fairfield and > > > > > have tons of free time, well then that is a problem (or maybe just a > > > > > situation) you can't really blame on the TMO. At some point they are > > > > > responsible for their own choices. My guess is that for some, this > > > > > was about all they could manage and meant alot. Good for them, they > > > > > got lucky for a while. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > TMO Serfs. Now they can join the other growing number of serfs in > > > > > > the US. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/17/2013 06:45 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > > > > The deal was 800 bucks a month if you qualify. As usual the > > > > > > > Movement leave you in the lurch in the end. More to the point, it > > > > > > > encourages people to lead a very dysfunctional and impractical > > > > > > > lifestyle - to be sitting with the eyes closed 8 hours a day and > > > > > > > earning no money so that when the Movement donors jerk the rug > > > > > > > out from under, you are left with no job, no job skills and no > > > > > > > place to go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What a bunch of asses. They think only of themselves. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And that should be 50 for me. But believe me, I will weigh in > > > > > > > come tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > From: Ann <awoelflebater@> > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:35 AM > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: It is over. Our Largesse is Come to > > > > > > > an end. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > >> That's going to hit some people hard. They've come to depend on > > > > > > >> that stipend. > > > > > > > I saw this end to the grant thing on, of all places, FB a few > > > > > > > days ago. There it said people were paid $3.80 per hour to > > > > > > > meditate in the Domes. Is that correct? Were there other monies > > > > > > > paid for living expenses and travel to FF? > > > > > > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > >>> Yep, Dr. Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of > > > > > > >>> World Peace and President of Maharishi University of Management > > > > > > >>> yesterday morning announced to the Invincible America Assembly > > > > > > >>> the end of the Invincible America grant program. The > > > > > > >>> incredibly high-minded program of subsidizing large group > > > > > > >>> meditations by granting stipends to people to facilitate larger > > > > > > >>> numbers of people being able to meditate together will wind > > > > > > >>> down over the next three months. It was an incredibly generous > > > > > > >>> gift of large civic thinking to try to make a noble experiment > > > > > > >>> work. I am grateful to those who gave to make it work, those > > > > > > >>> who worked to administrate it and those few who did come join > > > > > > >>> to make it happen. > > > > > > >>> -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
