I have no desire to have a sphere of influence - but gimme the chance to give
these new initiates a lecture of my own and we'll see what we will see. A nice
look at David Wants to Fly would be a good start.
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On Fri, 3/21/14, steve.sun...@yahoo.com <steve.sun...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa and Unity
Village Kansas City
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 21, 2014, 3:14 AM
Sphere of
influence. Remember that, anyone? That was a
Maharishi tenant. And one that I liked I might
add.
I
guess your sphere of influence may feel pretty small on this
forum. Not that you don't work hard to expand
it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...>
wrote :
Can I come where
you are and give them new initiates a real advanced lecture
on what they are in for if they stick with it? I'd be
real glad to do it.
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On Thu, 3/20/14, TurquoiseBee
<turquoiseb@...>
wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa
and Unity Village Kansas City
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 12:11 PM
Thanks. I posted a later correction indicating that
it was you I was really asking these questions of, not
Michael, but it has never made it to email for some reason.
Yahoo sucketh.
From:
"steve.sundur@..."
<steve.sundur@...>
To:
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
Thursday, March 20, 2014
1:03 PM
Subject: Re:
[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa and Unity
Village Kansas City
It was me
Barry, and I will speak generally since I do wish to stay
somewhat anonymous. But in my area, a teacher has
come
and generated activity that hasn't been seen in some
time. As far as initiations, we are talking on the
order of maybe 20/month. And this is in addition to
activity
that had already been taking place. As far as that
activity, (original activity), I have no
idea.Fee structure has come down to below $1,000.00, and
can be paid in installments. The new activity I'm
referring to has nothing to do with
DLF.
The extent of the
"upsell" has to do with Residence
Courses.
You see some people (old mediators) coming out the
woodwork attending advanced lectures, and making referrals.
And you see some new outreach having results.
---In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
<turquoiseb@...> wrote
:
Can you expand upon this, Michael?
- Where do you get your information from about
the numbers of people starting
TM?
- What kind of numbers are you
talking about? 10s? 100s?
1000s?
- Where is this supposedly happening -- among
people from the general public learning TM, or as part of
some program offered by the DLF and thus subsidized by
donations?
- Please expand
upon the "fee structure" you mention. What do you
believe it costs to learn TM these days, and where can we
check this?
Thanks.
As I've said many times, I would have few
problems with the basic TM technique, as long as it was
advertised and presented as what it is -- a simple, easily
learned technique of sitting meditation, no better than any
other -- and offered at a fair price.
It's the decades of "baggage" that
"comes with" TM and the attempt to
"upsell" everyone to buy other TM-related
products
that I can't support.
From:
"steve.sundur@..." <steve.sundur@...>
To:
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March
20, 2014 3:15 AM
Subject: Re:
[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa and Unity
Village Kansas City
Actually
Michael,You might be surprised to know
that more people are learning TM than you might have
expected. The fee structure has changed, and more
people are signing up.
I was surprised myself
actually, but I have first hand knowledge of this.
