--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is the same idea as meditating . Some people became teachers with the belief that they would become rich as teachers. Or better they would become enlightened. When things did not happen as the sales pitch proclaimed then they got upset and sued.
Not exactly. The difference between the TMO and Equinox was that with the TMO, if you paid the fee you received the technique to meditate. There was no pressure to sign up others and be paid a commission based on the number of others who were signed up. Equinox operated by making money from those who signed up other people, who would then pay to attain specific levels within the organization. In other words, someone joining the Equinox organization could pay a lot of money up front, and not receive anything- no product or service- for their investment unless others would pay to join the organization, who then recruited others, and so on. Quite a different business model from the TMO, and what I call a fraudulent practice. Believe what you will-- Bill Gouldd is basically a crook. > The water filters worked and people still continue to buy them. The only thing many people did not gain from the millionaire training they received. Equinox was one of the best things I have done. Not because of the money because I spent more than I made, but the training was excellent if one used it. Bottom line life is a learning if we learn from life and use it there is nothing we can not do. JGD > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:56:18 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Mathematics - Pyramid Scheme > > > Would somebody eloborate on this.?? Pyramid scheme not mathematicaly sustainable. ?? > > Somebody tried to sell me a Water Purifier on this scheme. I backed out at the last minute. > > jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> wrote: > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:45:02 -0000 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's "Persona" > > > If you are talking about Equinox and Bill Gouldd, the reason people > sued was he created what is known as a pyramid scheme- those early > in make all the money. The purpose of the business becomes not > selling products but getting more and more people to contribute > money at the bottom of the pyramid for the benefit of the people at > the top. Mathematically this model is not sustainable, and can only > be sustained by fraudulent and unethical practices. > > Yes, the value in reading the Gita is it aligns your thinking with > Maharishi's. If that is desirable, then the Gita does a very good > job of this. I still open mine up sometimes and read for a minute, > just for a mini-tune up. It cleans the active mind momentarily. > > > > > Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to- Phone call rates. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
