Yep, agreed.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@...>
wrote:
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> --- 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.
> > >
> >
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