--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > >>> <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > >>> > >>>> My guess is that the threat of a lawsuit by the fundies had > >>>> more of an impact on killing the TM club than the vocal > >>>> ex-TMers. > >>>> > >>> I think you're probably correct. They (the Lynch > >>> Foundation) was afraid of having a precedent set. > >>> > >>> As noble as Mr. Lynch's intent is to help enable > >>> more people to learn TM, I can't help but think > >>> that his "solution" is ignoring the fundamental > >>> problem -- the price is too damned high. > >>> > >>> As far as I can tell, this $175,000 grant "to the > >>> school system" is just a disguise for funneling > >>> $165,000 of it ($600 per person instructed) directly > >>> to the TMO, > >>> > >> That sounds very sinister. > >> > > > > It's the reality of the situation. As I understand > > the "grant," the school system gets to keep only > > $10,000. All the rest of the money goes to the TMO. > > > > > >> If Mr. Lynch wanted to "funnel" $165,000 to the TMO, he could have > >> done it by just writing the TMO a check for that amount. He would > >> have gotten virtually the same tax benefit either by giving the > >> money to his foundation first (as he did) and then having the > >> foundation pay for the instructions or originally giving the money > >> to the TMO. > >> > > > > Yes, but then 275 people would not have learned to > > meditate. I believe that David Lynch honestly wants > > *that* to be the effect that giving away his money > > has on the world. I also believe that he's hip > > enough to know that if he gave the money to the > > TMO that *no one new* would start TM as a result. > > They'd piss it away on some building or some new > > bagpipes for the "Rajas" or send it to India where > > it would disappear into the pockets of Maharishi's > > relatives. So he's doing what he can to try to get > > the TMO to focus on what it should have been focusing > > on all along -- teaching TM. > > > > > >> I believe the reason he is doing everything through his foundation > >> -- as we've discussed here before -- is that he wants more control > >> of his own money. > >> > > > > We are agreed on this. > I'm thinking that Lynch might need a "Kaplan" moment. ;-) >
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