[FairfieldLife] Re: This weekend's Changemaker conference, hosted by MUM and the DLF

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

ChangeMakers: Disruptors Transforming the World for Good,
 

 the real changemakers—those who have found a radical way to improve the lives 
of their friends, family, countrymen, and global family.
 Changemakers, according to a recent New York Times article, are “people who 
can see the patterns around them, identify the problems in any situation, 
figure out ways to solve the problems, organize fluid teams, lead collective 
action, and then continually adapt as the situations change.”
 

 Changemakers disrupting for revolutionary transformation for good.. 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 This weekend's Changemaker conference, hosted by MUM and the David Lynch 
Foundation, as described in the Source’s article at the below link:
 

https://www.iowasource.com/2018/03/30/changemaker/ 
https://www.iowasource.com/2018/03/30/changemaker/ Are You a Changemaker? 
Leaders Converge in Fairfield to Transform the World 
https://www.iowasource.com/2018/03/30/changemaker/ 4 DAYS AGO  by MICHAEL 
STERNFELD https://www.iowasource.com/author/michael-sternfeld/
Humanitarian Father Gabriel Mejia and filmmaker David Lynch are two of the 
speakers at ChangeMakers: Disruptors Transforming the World for Good April 6-7.

 Young or old, we all benefit from having a clear purpose in life, a North Star 
to guide us on our journey. Discovering and constantly refining this mission is 
a lifelong quest that always unfolds new pathways and dimensions. Some 
far-sighted visionaries have mastered this process in a way that benefits and 
serves humanity. These are the real changemakers—those who have found a radical 
way to improve the lives of their friends, family, countrymen, and global 
family.


 On April 6–7, leading changemakers will converge at a conference to explore 
what it takes to make a difference on this planet. ChangeMakers: Disruptors 
Transforming the World for Good, at Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in 
Fairfield, is the first event in a new Changemaking Series, hosted by MUM and 
the David Lynch Foundation (DLF).

Changemakers, according to a recent New York Times article, are “people who can 
see the patterns around them, identify the problems in any situation, figure 
out ways to solve the problems, organize fluid teams, lead collective action, 
and then continually adapt as the situations change.”


 Each of the guest speakers in the ChangeMakers conference—including filmmaker 
David Lynch, MoveOn.org http://MoveOn.org’s Laura Dawn, and former Army Ranger 
Dusty Baxley—is an individual who perceived a clear need in their environment 
and disrupted the status quo to find solutions.
 
Delivering the keynote address will be Father Gabriel Mejia from Colombia. 
Father Gabriel found his own mission at age 37 when he saw the streets of 
Medellin filled with unwanted children, the so-called “disposable ones.” As a 
man filled with love and the unbounded energy to change lives, he responded by 
creating the city’s first shelter, a sanctuary for children to find a good meal 
and a safe place to sleep. Thirty years later, his Hogares Claret Foundation 
runs 52 such centers that have rescued and restored dignity to over 100,000 
children and young adults.
 

Father Gabriel has been responsible for rescuing over 100,000 children from the 
streets of Medellin and establishing dozens of orphanages in Colombia that use 
innovative therapies to turned damaged children into responsible young adults.


 “The basic therapy is love,” Father Gabriel says. “Love is powerful medicine 
for any illness or disorder. When a child feels he is welcome, when a child 
feels educators are concerned about him . . . they change. The child changes.”


 Iconic filmmaker David Lynch demonstrates that artists also serve as 
changemakers. In addition to his boundary-breaking career as a director, Lynch 
created the David Lynch Foundation 13 years ago to help ease the epidemic of 
trauma and stress among at-risk populations by teaching these groups 
Transcendental Meditation (TM). Lynch’s deepest desire was to “ensure that any 
child anywhere in the world who wanted to learn to meditate could do so.” 
Through benefit events featuring high-profile celebrities such as Paul 
McCartney, Ringo Starr, Hugh Jackman, Jerry Seinfeld, and Katy Perry, the 
foundation has raised funds to teach TM to over 500,000 students, veterans with 
PTSD, and survivors of abuse. David will lead a session via Skype exploring his 
changemaking process both as an artist and through the work of his foundation.
 

 Laura Dawn is a powerhouse changemaker who is a founding member of political 
action group MoveOn.org http://MoveOn.org. Dawn has spent the last decade 
leading groundbreaking cultural campaigns that garnered over 500 million online 
views. Her forte is creating viral content and organizing high-level 
collaborations between renowned artists and grassroots activists to spur action 
for social change. She is joined by her partner and cocreator Daron

[FairfieldLife] Trump remains under investigation, but is not a criminal target at this point,

[jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

says Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel.  It appears that Trump is  in deep 
trouble and could resort to drastic measures, such as firing Mueller for 
insubordination or other politically motivated reasons.  Stay tuned.
 

 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mueller-told-trump’s-attorneys-the-president-remains-under-investigation-but-is-not-currently-a-criminal-target/ar-AAvr6mi?ocid=spartanntp
 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mueller-told-trump’s-attorneys-the-president-remains-under-investigation-but-is-not-currently-a-criminal-target/ar-AAvr6mi?ocid=spartanntp
 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] William Blake's Spring Poem

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We should celebrate the coming of spring.  May everyone here feel and enjoy the 
blessings of spring for this year.
 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(poem) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(poem)
 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Politics: Know anyone who....?

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

>From Fairfield’s Julie Mandarino:


I’ve been concerned about the divisiveness in our country. One friend referred 
to it as a civil war. Although that seems rather extreme, my current interest 
is on finding ways to bridge the gap. To that end, I’ve become part of a group 
that promotes dialogue between Liberals and Conservatives, or Blues and Reds. 

The group started when a marriage therapist viewed the political divide in our 
country as akin to a couple on the brink of divorce. He trained some colleagues 
in group facilitation and went around the country leading groups of an equal 
number of Reds and Blues. The outcome was good enough that some other people 
have taken off with the idea.  By now, they have a national organization which 
they call “Better Angels” (not my favorite name).

You may be wondering, why am I writing to you? Apparently there are very few 
people in Iowa who have joined this organization (a total of 3, i think, 
including me). They contacted me to ask if I know any Reds in my area who might 
want to participate. ​​ Do you know any who might be interested in a 
structured, bi-partisan dialogue? If you do, feel free to forward this email to 
them, and they can then contact me about it. 

Here is a link about the group that I posted on FB last week, in case anyone 
wants to know a bit more about it:

https://www.facebook.com/juliemandarino/posts/10210726668034559 


If you have any suggestions or thoughts, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks,

💕 
Julie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry's Stats

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Within a couple of years of this 1975 report,  Jerry and others were out as 
that epoch ended in a great leap forward with ‘teams of four’ sent out usurping 
what was a then honed teaching organization.  Thence in metrics TM in the 
1980’s and 1990’s under a Morris-Patterson era of administration effectively 
disappeared from popular culture. By y-2006 initiations in the USA were running 
less than 200 per month and most assets of the teaching movement had been sold 
off. From 2006 others have struggled with what was in place to re-inflate 
something that was TM.  Jai Guru Dev. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Dear TM Teachers and Meditators

 Jerry’s Stats in the United States:
 year-1975:
 5799 Initiators
 Initiations per Month: 16,000
 440,000 meditators
 World Plan Centers: 205
 Satellite Centres: 173
 ATR Courses given: 48
 Residence SIMS Courses: Numerous
 Etc.,
 Source: World Plan Executive Council
 First National Leaders’ Conference in the
 Age of Enlightenment (1975) National Reports

 In contrast, 1975: 
 Germany with 664 initiators doing 1000 initiations a month and 54,000 
meditators,
 England 305 initiators doing 1,400 initiations a month and 40,000 meditators, 
 France with 92 initiators initiating 250 per month & 5,577 meditators, 
 Sweden with 122 initiators initiating 400 per month and 27,000 meditators, 
 Canada with 553 initiators initiating 3,500 per month and 89,853 meditators.
 ..Etc.,  
 #
 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Office of the National Director 

Raja John Hagelin
Maharishi Foundation USA
PO Box 670
Fairfield, IA 52556
 
March 17, 2018
 
In Honor of Our Dear Jerry Jarvis
 
Dear Governors,
 
It is with heartfelt love and fondest memories that we announce the sudden 
passing of dear Jerry Jarvis on Wednesday afternoon, at his Malibu home. In 
honor of Jerry and in lieu of flowers, we are pleased to announce a special 
fund to support Debby, his loving, devoted wife.
 
September 1961
 
In September of 1961, Jerry and Debby were instructed by Maharishi, and, after 
their first experience of the Transcendent, knew that the direction of their 
lives was forever transformed. They immediately began to study and work with 
Maharishi, helping him to create and grow the U.S. and international TM® 
organizations.
 
Science of Being and Art of Living
 
Jerry and Debby went on to become TM teachers in 1966 in Rishikesh, India. Both 
former journalists for the Congressional Quarterly, they later helped to 
transcribe and edit Maharishi’s Science of Being and Art of Living and his 
translation and commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita. Over the next decade and a 
half, Jerry rose to become the national leader of the TM organization in the 
U.S., and was instrumental in developing over 400 TM Centers, which brought the 
TM technique to more than one million Americans.
 
Maharishi’s quest to spiritually regenerate the world
 
The story of Maharishi’s worldwide movement is the cosmic, eternal story of the 
unfoldment of pure knowledge. And there is perhaps no part of this 
ever-evolving story that is more beloved than the early days, when Maharishi 
first set out alone on his worldwide quest to spiritually regenerate the world. 
It was Jerry’s extraordinary heart and naturally wise and mature guidance that 
played such a vital role in shepherding the many newly trained, youthful TM 
teachers at this early stage of Maharishi’s quickly growing organization.
 
Our precious times with Jerry, his ever-present, bright, shining face, and the 
many wondrous, heartfelt stories, life-lessons, and beautiful examples of 
purity and devotion will always be a cherished part of our TM organization’s 
history.
 
Archives and special manuscripts of Maharishi that were donated by Jerry and 
Debby will become an invaluable treasure at MUM. Once these materials are 
sorted and curated, they will be available to Meditators, Sidhas, and Governors 
everywhere.
 
A passion for Maharishi’s knowledge
 
In addition to his enduring love for Debby, there was nothing that Jerry felt 
more passionate about than Maharishi’s knowledge. His commitment to Pure 
Knowledge took several forms: from personal study and scholarly research, to 
Advanced Lectures on Maharishi Vedic Science, and his transformational courses 
on Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, which he shared 
with so many over the decades.
 
A very special memorial service for Jerry is being organized in California for 
early April. We hope that many will also be able to connect online. (Details to 
come.)
 
We send our deepest love and appreciation to his beloved Debby, who has been 
such a source of nourishment and wisdom for Jerry and all of us for more than 
50 years.
 
Jai Guru Dev
 
Raja John
 
© 2018 Maharishi Foundation USA

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Susan Shumsky insider book

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As I recall, Susan was the administrative ‘course office’ person on my teacher 
training course with Maharishi in La Antilla, Spain. The course fee was to be 
$1,100 for the three months course but When our group of a thousand or more 
arrived there in Spain to register we were told we needed to pay up another 
$110 then to be on the course (1973 dollars). 
 Folks were pretty upset and she was the spokesperson for a series of meetings 
with people about this. She was the iron lady of deflection brought up to the 
podium on behalf of the movement standing ground then in these meetings. The 
meetings and rancor went on for some time with Susan being the person dealing 
with it from the microphone and at one point Curly Smith, a teacher in those 
days from out West, a big handsome guy, strode across on stage to the 
microphone and speaking without any dispute declared directly to the group, 
“Look, we raised it $110 because we figured we could not get any more out of 
you.”  The honest statement right then put an end to the discussion and the 
course went on from there. Jai Guru Dev.

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 New insider memoir like Rhoda Orme-Johnson's HOWEVER Shumsky says Maharishi 
did have girlfriends. she thinks he had valid reasons to keep that secret. 
A lot of stuff you already know but some new. Deepak and Sri Sri don''t come 
off well.
John Lennon tried to come back after two years and was ignored, Rich and famous 
didn't always work.
 also she says he clearly demonstrated supernatural powers sometimes like 
teleportation or bilocation and omnscience yet
  still made some mistakes / got  some things  mixed-up / wrong  on rare 
instances