--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote:
> >
> > I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows
> > how. And his approach has some merit in fact.
>
> He was on FFL for a while back when he was trying to figure
> out how to sell Maharishi's sandals, had some very interesting
> stuff to say about his time with Maharishi. Seemed very sweet
> and very bright. He subsequently did a BatGap interview and
> talked about the book he's selling now.
>
> He was in bad financial shape with almost no resources at
> the time he was selling the sandals. If he can now support
> himself by selling the book he's written and the teaching
> method he's developed because people find them useful,
> more power to him.
I don't begrudge him selling a meditation book, but his petition makes it sound
like he's pushing for some purely altruistic project, when the meditation
instruction is actually from a book he wrote and sells. His petition makes no
mention of his financial self-interest, and IMO, that doesn't pass the sniff
test.
> > ________________________________
> > From: Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stanley@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
> >
> >
> >
> > Â
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ummmm....
> > >
> > > This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known.
> > >
> > > Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read
> > > to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all
> > > students to learn.
> >
> > From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a
> > career arc.
> >
>
