Very well said. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:28 PM, feste37 wrote: > > > > > How about, teaching TM around the world to many thousands of > > > people and changing their lives for the better? > > > > If it were for free, that would be generous. I honestly doubt if he > > were so generous as you claim, he wouldn't be a billionaire nor have > > time to be the workaholic CEO type. > > Your syntax is a bit garbled here, but I think I know > what you're trying to say. > > I'll just point out the obvious, that spending all his > time as a workaholic CEO type is what has made possible > teaching TM around the world to millions (not just > thousands) of people. > > > I wonder how much was given to the Tsunami victims or the victims of > > 9/11 by him? > > No, you don't wonder at all. > > There are many charitable organizations and individuals > that have given money to victims of the tsunami and 9/11 > (and Katrina, and many other worthy causes). > > The TMO, however, is not a charitable organization, it's > an educational organization that exists to teach people > TM, in the belief that if enough people are practicing > it, there will be fewer disastrous tsunamis and less > terrorism overall. So it doesn't make sense to expend > resources trying to deal with the problem on the level > of the problem instead of dealing with the root cause, > especially when so much charity is flowing from > organizations and individuals whose purpose it is to help > the victims directly. > > It's perfectly reasonable to think this is an absurd > belief, or even to criticize MMY for holding it, but > it's kinda silly to attack him for being stingy when > it *is* what he believes, and what he's devoted his > life to attempting to accomplish. >
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