Your point is well articulated but still, in my opinion, after 40 some odd years and umpteen schemes and plans, I find a revival of interest in TM to be unfathomable.
A dear friend of mine, out here on the Left Coast, teaches small groups of the utterly non-elite, some months 10 or more start. He still charges $495 and he has a regular and devoted clientele and they keep refering him to others. These are primarily 12-Step program people. Many of these people probally even learn in south facing houses! I mean let's be real here and take a look at the trend since around 1975, it's done nothing but go downhill as far as people learning TM. After the second Merv wave it all went bye-bye. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps you are mixing apples and oranges. How many "elites" -- for > simplicity lets say those making over $300,000 /year, go to the local, > ubiquitous type of kinda funky yoga studio at the local small mall? > > Not many. They go to an expensive health club or spa to learn the same > thing. Many other examples possible where those making good incomes > are willing to pay a large premium for conveninece, competence, and > "class" (nice surroundings, people like them). Why do they pay $400 a > night to stay in a nice hotel when the local Motel 6 also has a bed > and shower? Why do they pay 35,000 and $300 a month to belong to a > private golf club when they could use the local public one for free? > > And while I am not saying it will happen, its not out of the realm of > possibilities that a wave of new high grade and respected research > will be published on TM. This would (further) differentiates TM from > other techniques -- (even if research would show the same for other > programs -- if it does not exist, TM will be strongly differentiated.) > > And its not unreasonable the the "new" TM (taught in a SV bulidng, by > teachers doing program 6 hours a day, living in SV house, etc) may > have positive factors associated with it. > > It is not a differentiated set of qualities that you would pay a > premium for. The top 2-5% of the population may very well be willing > for the "right" product. Again, I am not saying the new TM will fill > the bill, but its not an unreasonable conjecture that it might. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" <anonyff@> wrote: > > > > I don't think the elite of the world give a flying u-know-what about > > TM and paying $2500 to learn it. It is *passe* at this point. There > > are far too many more modern methods in the spiritual supermarket > > these days. > > > > At the local natural foods co-op where I shop, there is the requisite > > magazine rack near the registers loaded with the modern spiritual > > versions of the popular magazines-a vast variety of things to choose > > from-all kinds of meditation practices, all kinds of sexual preference > > magazines, gardening, cooking, etc. > > > > Most cities and towns including little tiny ones I've driven through > > have yoga offered and the *commonest* of people, the people who we > > never would have expected to find taking yoga, are now joining in the > > classes. > > > > Kaiser Permanente offeres Mindfulness Training classes, sometimes they > > are free. There are endless books, tapes, cds and now dvds available > > to learn to meditate and do yoga and you can now do so on your 52 inch > > plasma tv screen in full technicolor with a surround sound system. > > > > Who wants to learn TM from a gaunt looking couple anymore? > > > > Can you name one person or center where there are students taking out > > $2500 loans so they can learn TM? > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > Say what you will about his odd tastes, the man > > > > > puts *his* money where his beliefs are. He could > > > > > be taking his money and investing it in real > > > > > estate the way the TM movement does, but he's not. > > > > > He's actually doing something to help people. The > > > > > day the TM movement does the same, it'll regain > > > > > a tiny bit of its vanished credibility. > > > > > > > > > I understand what he's doing and admire the fact he's figured > out a > > > > way to do it, but it still boggles the mind that he has to do it > that > > > way. > > > > > > Elite people like to go to elite places. They don't mind too much > > > if "worthy" individuals are given a helping hand along the way, but > > > they don't like rubbing shoulders with the non-elite. > > > > > > > > > MMY's stated goal these days is to reach the elite with > meditation. The > > > non-elite (most of us reading/writing this) are welcome as well if > they > > > can raise the money. I don't know the financing of Lynch's > foundation, > > > but he's thrown open the doors for ANY student to apply for financial > > > aid: > > > > > > > > > http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/register.html > > > > > > > > > Also, the TMO is working hard to make educators aware of the > potential > > > of TM as well as of the financing available to take advantage of it: > > > > > > http://www.arizonastressfreeschools.org/ > > > > > > The elite of the world are impressed with this kind of thing. Perhaps > > > the more spiritual types aren't, but that IS MMY's point, now > isn't it? > > > > > > 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/
