Buck, I'm objecting to the word ALL because I've known rich people who do care and poor people who don't. And yes, I've read this article and recognize that there are the tendencies.
On Friday, October 11, 2013 11:07 AM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com" <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote: Jeez, did you read the article? The science shows rich people to enclave and thereby they tend to lack empathy for other groups while others live and work in community and consequently tend to live with more empathy towards others. That simply is the elements of the TM movement community also. It just is. The TM-Rajas were told as part of their deal specifically to not mix with the rest of us. A very few have come to meditate in the Dome. But most do not. To themselves they aren't part of it really. Evidently there is a scientific problem there with themselves and it reflects in how they continue to price TM and the vigor of the larger TM meditation movement. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: yes, but I was talking about my own experience rather than research. Also Mark Twain comes to mind: all generalizations are false, including this one. On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:48 AM, "s3raphita@..." <s3raphita@...> wrote: Re "It's not my experience that ALL rich people care less, nor that all poor people care more.": Yes, there's evidence showing that poor people are actually more generous with their money (proportionately) than the wealthy. In fact, one of the degrading aspects of poverty isn't so much that you don't have enough for yourself but that you can't help or, for that matter, entertain others. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Buck, it's not my experience that ALL rich people care less, nor that all poor people care more. I think such generalizations cause more polarizing which is not IMO what is needed! On Friday, October 11, 2013 8:47 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: You know, Maharishi was very able to adapt course to circumstances as he went along. It is certainly time for the TM-Rajas to adapt course so the movement can teach once again. I am reminded of the time that Maharishi was in Fairfield as the Domes were being built. One morning he came in to the group meditation over at the campus field house and sat with it. He got to talking with the group there. Someone asked about the Age of Enlightenment technique and Maharishi asked if everyone did not have it? On seeing hands go up for those who did not he then said everyone should have it. That day arrangements were made for people then to get it. That was done, no money charged for an $850 technique. Bevan taught it to people then for free. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: And who made that decision to "create" the Rajas? Your much vaunted Marshy - says a lot don't it? On Friday, October 11, 2013 12:15 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: “Rich people just care less,” Well then, pretty obviously the TM-Rajas being pre-select for wealth are too remote to understand the problem. Since the 1970s, the gap between the rich and everyone else has skyrocketed. Income inequality is at its highest level in a century. This widening gulf between the haves and have-less troubles me, but not for the obvious reasons. Apart from the financial inequities, I fear the expansion of an entirely different gap, caused by the inability to see oneself in a less advantaged person’s shoes. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy. This has profound implications for societal behavior and government policy. Tuning in to the needs and feelings of another person is a prerequisite to empathy, which in turn can lead to understanding, concern and, if the circumstances are right, compassionate action. “Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them. These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior are more than just descriptive. They suggest, to a surprisingly accurate extent, the social distance between those with greater power and those with less” http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?exprod=myyahoo&_r=1
