Good questions. Yes more work is being done by the labor of outside employment. Is on a similar course like with the trajectories other spiritual millenarian revolutionary ashram-like villages in American history, like with spiritual practice groups in aspects of transcendentalism in the Shakers, Amana, Harmonists, Zoar and old Quaker meetings. Seems in a life-cycle the coming to rely on outside labor to keep the institutions of the groups going can become more and more necessary towards an end. Look at these two posts on aspects of the demographics of this.. Life-cycle within Communal Spiritual Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/communal-studies-forum/ChNcesJm1Cs https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/communal-studies-forum/ChNcesJm1Cs Yes there are group meditations in town that are not sponsored by the movement. Look in the Fairfield Weekly Reader to find these or ask around when you get here. There are a number of group meditations in the larger meditating community in Fairfield, Iowa 'separate' from the ones facilitated by the TM movement. There is now a facility downtown for group practice of TM meditation and TM-Siddhis but you need to be certified by the current TM movement with a current badge to meditate with a TM.org facilitated group. There are other group meditations with meditators to choose from otherwise in Fairfield too. Fairfield is quite a mature meditating community with spiritual practice. -JaiGuruYou
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackso...@yahoo.com> wrote : Since I was once a resident of Fairfield, IA, I was wondering a couple things, so if any of you who live in FF might know... First does MUM still use what were once called "town employees?" Meaning of course non-meditating Fairfield residents who did jobs at the university. All the ones I worked with were pretty good people and in general more reliable workers than their TM counterparts. The other thing I already asked Bucky, but he ain't answered - busy with the lambing I expect. The question is are there unofficial places for people to do group meditation or TMSP in Fairfield? Places not run or monitored by the Movement? Thanks in advance for the answers.