--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > But they have to get 'scholarships' in order for the official TMO to > > teach them to mediatate. What is wrong with this picture? A sort of > > elitist materialistic welfare spirituality.... boggling. I mean I > > understand what Mr. Lynch and his Foundation are doing - getting > good press, and at the grassroots level, overcomming the obstacle that > the organiztion has become to itself. A win-win both for him and the > > people who learn. > > > > Strange stuff, > > JohnY > > > I kind of like the approach. I may change my views later as it > unfolds. But it appears to me that it solves a big dilemna. To fund a > nice modern center, to pay teachers a reasonable professional salary > (100k+, plus retirement, health, rounding etc.), to fund good > research, to promote the program professionally, to fund > international, aka "product development", it takes lot of money. Much > more than students would normally be able to pay. The scholarships > solve the problem. The student pays $500 and gets a $2500 scholarship. > Or pays $500, gets $1000 in student loans and gets a $1500 > scholarship. It pays the bills. The TMO and teachers are placed on a > professional level. And the students take it way seriously "its a > $3000 special course, man!" (And of course its a great way to meet > rich chicks.) > > The issue is whether Lynch can raise $8 Billion. A few blockbuster, > well reviewed films, the fund raising influence of a top director > (that is, his new status if he has several high grossing critically > acclaimed films) could do it. Speilberg could I think. Lynch could > evolve to Spielberg status and accomplishment. Or higher. Its > feasible. Add Heather Graham and others if their careers took off, a > new Mitch Kapor who stays with the program, some Google early > employees with lots of stock who get enthralled, throw in an Indian > entrepreneur and film star or two, some heavy foundation co-matching > of funds -- and its feasible. Maybe not probably, but feasible. And if > this Sat yuga thing has any legs, things could change fast.
If the Foundation sets up the Centers and pays the teachers might work . If it's current TMO ...who knows.... JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
