impression they make in seminars like this held up upon closer examination.
The TMO could be very successful if they walked their talk. But if the
people at that conference knew the whole story, they'd head for the exits.
And they will know more and more of the story if they begin to get involved.
Unless the TMO succeeds in insulating these education projects from news
about its other activities.
on 4/21/06 2:31 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, I was the "grip" for the camera crew (me and the other guy) filming
> today's seminar on Stress-free schools in Arizona, which was attended
> by about 40 invited guests.
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> http://www.arizonastressfreeschools.org/
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> The speakers were all very impressive, or at least the non-meditating
> counselors and educators sitting around the room seemed quite impressed
> with them. The highlight of the seminar, in my mind, was the 16 year
> old MSAE student who spoke briefly on her experiences at MSAE.
> Apparently she had gotten permission from her parents to accompany
> Ashley Deans, Director of the MSAE, to speak at the conference.
> Coincidentally her parents are the Geraces, who run the Tucson
> Maharishi Enlightenment Center.
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> I assume the extremely benused expressions on everyone's faces as they
> wildly appluaded her meant that they were impressed. That and the fact
> that most of the audience stayed behind to chat with the speakers and
> many made a point of coming up and chatting briefly with the MSAE
> student. Everyone I saw was leaving their stickem conference badge on
> the index card that was card, and writing contact info on the card.
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> For those that think the TM organization is dying, I say: get real.
> This series of seminars is a highly professional, low-key publicity
> campaign dealing directly with the schools and school districts using
> the best public speakers affiliated with the TM organization See the
> list of panelists and scheduled stops at:
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> http://www.istpp.org/enews/2006_04_07.html.
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> I oveheard Ashely Deans say that they were likely going to be on tour
> for the next 6 months.
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> They aren't asking the schools to directly fund TM, but are offering
> to help them find the outside funding sources required to teach TM to
> the students. They are having a followup TM intro lecture with
> interested people in Tucson in early May.
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> And yes, the cost for students and teachers is $2500 per. No discounts.
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