[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-21 Thread sparaig
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" 
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Can anyone add to the list?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world 
> > Grand 
> > > > > Scheme.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be 
> > total 
> > > > > failures, or do you 
> > > > > consider the above to be total failures as well?
> > > > 
> > > > Only the last one was a success. 
> > > 
> > > And the keyword is "was."  As in past tense.
> > > 
> > > How many people on the planet learned TM through
> > > the TM organization last month?  My bet is less
> > > than a dozen.  If that.
> > 
> > I would suspect you to be wrong, but can't prove it.
> 
> He probably is wrong, but his point is well taken.
> 
> If it wasn't less than a dozen, it was probably less than 500..and 
> on a planet with 6 billion people, "less than a dozen" and "less 
> than 500" is pretty much the same ballpark...

Currently, MMY appears to be measuring someone's worth according to 
how much they are willing to donate to the TMO. This may not be the 
case, or it may not be a "good" way of looking at the world, but I'm 
pretty sure that the average person who can shell out $2500 for 
meditation instruction is more wealthy and more influential than the 
average person who can shell out $45 for meditation instruction.

IOW, those 500 (outside of India, I assume, since every new semester 
in India likely introduces thousands of students to TM in the Vidya 
Mandir school system) are NOT in the same ballpark in MMY's eyes as 
the ones who would learn if TM were still taught at more reasonable 
rates.






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > > > > 
> > > > > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can anyone add to the list?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> > > > 
> > > > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> > > > 
> > > > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world 
> Grand 
> > > > Scheme.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be 
> total 
> > > > failures, or do you 
> > > > consider the above to be total failures as well?
> > > 
> > > Only the last one was a success. 
> > 
> > And the keyword is "was."  As in past tense.
> > 
> > How many people on the planet learned TM through
> > the TM organization last month?  My bet is less
> > than a dozen.  If that.
> 
> I would suspect you to be wrong, but can't prove it.

He probably is wrong, but his point is well taken.

If it wasn't less than a dozen, it was probably less than 500..and 
on a planet with 6 billion people, "less than a dozen" and "less 
than 500" is pretty much the same ballpark...




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > > > 
> > > > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > > > 
> > > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > > > 
> > > > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > > > 
> > > > Can anyone add to the list?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> > > 
> > > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> > > 
> > > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world 
Grand 
> > > Scheme.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be 
total 
> > > failures, or do you 
> > > consider the above to be total failures as well?
> > 
> > Only the last one was a success. 
> 
> And the keyword is "was."  As in past tense.
> 
> How many people on the planet learned TM through
> the TM organization last month?  My bet is less
> than a dozen.  If that.

I would suspect you to be wrong, but can't prove it.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > > 
> > > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > Can anyone add to the list?
> > 
> > 
> > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> > 
> > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> > 
> > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world Grand 
> > Scheme.
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be total 
> > failures, or do you 
> > consider the above to be total failures as well?
> 
> Only the last one was a success. 

And the keyword is "was."  As in past tense.

How many people on the planet learned TM through
the TM organization last month?  My bet is less
than a dozen.  If that.







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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile 
> > > until 
> > > > > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a 
> tad. 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to 
> > > people?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Well, duh.  :-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > > > > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > > > > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > > > > > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > > > > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > > > > > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > > > > > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > > > > > is set.  TM is passé.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical 
> effect.
> > > > > Control is more important than than the benefits of the 
> > > technique?
> > > > > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
> > > > 
> > > > The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
> > > > Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
> > > > emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.
> > > > 
> > > > The original message of spiritually regenerating
> > > > the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
> > > > to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
> > > > message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
> > > > via Sthapatya-Veda.  
> > > > 
> > > > We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
> > > > Grand Scheme is going to last.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace 
> > > Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces 
> > > throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, 
> that's 
> > > about $2-3 billion.
> > > 
> > > I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the 
> Vastu 
> > > Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme.
> > > 
> > > Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or 
> so.
> > > 
> > > Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand 
> > > Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a 
> > > year, no?
> > > 
> > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > > 
> > > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > > 
> > > Can anyone add to the list?
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> > 
> > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> > 
> > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world Grand 
> Scheme.
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be total 
> failures, or do you 
> > consider the above to be total failures as well?
> 
> Only the last one was a success. MIU was a failure...I'm not sure 
> what vidya Mandir was...


In case you haven't noticed, MIU is now called MUM and is still going. That's 
hardly a 
failure.

Maharishi Vidya Mandir is the elementary/secondary educational system that MMY 
has set 
up in India. At least a few of the schools are well-known in India.

Oh, and while its possibly difficult to get new enrollees currently, Maharishi 
School is a 
sucess by any rational standard.




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile 
> > until 
> > > > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a 
tad. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to 
> > people?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, duh.  :-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > > > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > > > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > > > > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > > > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > > > > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > > > > 
> > > > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > > > > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > > > > is set.  TM is passé.
> > > > 
> > > > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical 
effect.
> > > > Control is more important than than the benefits of the 
> > technique?
> > > > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
> > > 
> > > The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
> > > Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
> > > emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.
> > > 
> > > The original message of spiritually regenerating
> > > the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
> > > to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
> > > message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
> > > via Sthapatya-Veda.  
> > > 
> > > We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
> > > Grand Scheme is going to last.
> > 
> > 
> > Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace 
> > Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces 
> > throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, 
that's 
> > about $2-3 billion.
> > 
> > I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the 
Vastu 
> > Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme.
> > 
> > Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or 
so.
> > 
> > Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand 
> > Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a 
> > year, no?
> > 
> > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> > 
> > Malls of America Grand Scheme
> > 
> > Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> > 
> > VedaLand Grand Scheme
> > 
> > Can anyone add to the list?
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.
> 
> Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.
> 
> Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world Grand 
Scheme.
> 
> 
> Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be total 
failures, or do you 
> consider the above to be total failures as well?

Only the last one was a success. MIU was a failure...I'm not sure 
what vidya Mandir was...





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Aug 18, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Ingegerd wrote:
> 
> > 12. Until the end of 1971 initiators are not allowed to initiate
> > people in the following professions:-
> > 1.  Psycho-analysts, psychologists or any associated profession
> > 2.  Those practising hypnotism
> > 3.  Those very deeply engrossed in Spiritualism (Healers are not
> > in this category)
> > 4.  Priests and ministers of religion. They can only be initiated
> > by Maharishi or someone especially appointed by him to handle these
> > cases.
> > 5.  Monks
> > 6.  The heads of religious organizations
> > 7.  The leaders of philosophical or metaphysical groups
> 
> Wow, that eliminates a lot of people, including some on this list!

Did you notice the time-frame? "Until the end of 1971..."

Obviously, some members of the above list were initiated after 1971, and likely 
some 
before (or even during).





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> and the viable timespan for a plan is becoming shorter and
> shorter. 
> 
> JohnY

Or, the TMO is trying new ideas faster and faster, with less time spent waiting 
to see if the 
succeed or not. IMagine if MIU had been cancelled after a few weeks because not 
every 
TMer in the world had decided to send their kids there.






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile 
> until 
> > > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to 
> people?
> > > > 
> > > > Well, duh.  :-)
> > > > 
> > > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > > > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > > > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > > > 
> > > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > > > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > > > is set.  TM is passé.
> > > 
> > > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect.
> > > Control is more important than than the benefits of the 
> technique?
> > > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
> > 
> > The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
> > Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
> > emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.
> > 
> > The original message of spiritually regenerating
> > the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
> > to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
> > message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
> > via Sthapatya-Veda.  
> > 
> > We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
> > Grand Scheme is going to last.
> 
> 
> Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace 
> Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces 
> throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, that's 
> about $2-3 billion.
> 
> I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the Vastu 
> Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme.
> 
> Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or so.
> 
> Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand 
> Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a 
> year, no?
> 
> Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:
> 
> Malls of America Grand Scheme
> 
> Tallest Building Grand Scheme
> 
> VedaLand Grand Scheme
> 
> Can anyone add to the list?
> 
> 


Maharishi International University Grand Scheme.

Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme.

Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world Grand Scheme.


Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be total failures, or 
do you 
consider the above to be total failures as well?






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> It is my fortune, Guru Dev (the Maharishi's dead master) that I have 
> been accepted to serve the Holy Tradition and spread the Light of God 
> to all those who need it. It is my joy to undertake the 
> responsibility of representing the Holy Tradition in all its purity 
> as it has been given to me by Maharishi and I promise on your altar, 
> Guru Dev, that with all my heart and mind I will always work within 
> the framework of the organisations founded by Maharishi. And to you, 
> Maharishi, I promise that as a Meditation Guide I will be faithful in 
> all ways to the trust that you have placed in me.
> 
> Jai Guru Dev
> 
> DATED:
> 
> 
> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> 
> 
> 
> INITIATOR

So do you consider this a promise?




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >  
> > In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 
> > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after 
> MMY 
> > dies  and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> 
> Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> Ingegerd> 

I mean that you disagree with MMY's current policies.

> > 
> > I kind of think the whole thing will collapse shortly after  MMY 
> takes leave. 
> >  Probably a few will fight over the scraps of what' left  while the 
> rest of 
> > us sit back and watch the bickering. Sooner or later something  may 
> raise up 
> > out of the ashes.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 8/19/05 12:18 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > I would love to send all 9 pages on FFL, but I do not have a 
scanner.
> > If you like I can send it by post.
> > Ingegerd
> 
> I do, and I have OCR software. If somebody else hasn't already 
offered to do
> so, I'll scan it if you send it to me.
> --
>  
> Rick Archer
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> Fairfield, IA 52556
> Phone: 641-472-9336
> Fax: 815-572-5842
> 
I send it to-morrow.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread Vaj

On Aug 18, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Ingegerd wrote:

> 12.   Until the end of 1971 initiators are not allowed to initiate
> people in the following professions:-
> 1.Psycho-analysts, psychologists or any associated profession
> 2.Those practising hypnotism
> 3.Those very deeply engrossed in Spiritualism (Healers are not
> in this category)
> 4.Priests and ministers of religion. They can only be initiated
> by Maharishi or someone especially appointed by him to handle these
> cases.
> 5.Monks
> 6.The heads of religious organizations
> 7.The leaders of philosophical or metaphysical groups

Wow, that eliminates a lot of people, including some on this list!



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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > > 
> > > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > > > 
> > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> > > 
> > > Well, duh.  :-)
> > > 
> > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > > 
> > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > > is set.  TM is passé.
> > 
> > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect.
> > Control is more important than than the benefits of the technique?
> > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
> 
> The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
> Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
> emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.
> 
> The original message of spiritually regenerating
> the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
> to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
> message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
> via Sthapatya-Veda.  
> 
> We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
> Grand Scheme is going to last.  This one may not
> last more than the time it takes to discover that
> investors are not exactly impressed enough to put
> their money into a scheme that benefits no one
> financially except the TM movement (unless you
> buy the not-exactly-mainstream idea that a few 
> correctly designed buildings in the right places 
> are going to make life better for everyone else).
> 
> But the trend is clear.  No new Grand Scheme in
> years has emphasized the teaching of TM.  They've
> all been about creating large groups of "flyers"
> or large groups of pundits or building new physical
> structures.  I really don't see that changing, even
> if this latest Grand Scheme goes belly-up tomorrow.
> 
> I suspect that at this point what one thinks about
> Maharishi and the future of the TM movement really 
> comes down to a matter of faith.
> 
> If you believe that he is enlightened, and that the
> enlightened by definition act in accord with the 
> "Laws Of Nature," then you might have some hope for 
> the future of the TMO.  If you view him as more of 
> a CEO, formulating business plans for a multimillion-
> dollar organization and designing Grand Schemes that 
> will determine its future, you might not be convinced 
> that the TMO *has* a future.
> 
> As with almost everything in the spiritual smorgasbord,
> your mileage may vary...


  I am beginning to think that these actions by the TMO are really
meant to fail. They have the effect of lessening the number of people
involved making it easier to sell assets, move money and not raise the
interest of investigators. Similar tactics are sometimes used to gut a
company. They are unique because they also manage to take in the large
donations on the way down - think millionaire's courses and
raja's...and the viable timespan for a plan is becoming shorter and
shorter. 

JohnY




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread Rick Archer
on 8/19/05 12:18 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I would love to send all 9 pages on FFL, but I do not have a scanner.
> If you like I can send it by post.
> Ingegerd

I do, and I have OCR software. If somebody else hasn't already offered to do
so, I'll scan it if you send it to me.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > > 
> > > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile 
until 
> > > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > > > 
> > > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to 
people?
> > > 
> > > Well, duh.  :-)
> > > 
> > > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > > 
> > > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > > is set.  TM is passé.
> > 
> > Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect.
> > Control is more important than than the benefits of the 
technique?
> > Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?
> 
> The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
> Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
> emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.
> 
> The original message of spiritually regenerating
> the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
> to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
> message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
> via Sthapatya-Veda.  
> 
> We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
> Grand Scheme is going to last.


Prior to rebuilding the entire world via Vastu, there was Peace 
Palace Grand Scheme: building several thousand Peace Palaces 
throughout the world...at about $1 million a Peace Palace, that's 
about $2-3 billion.

I can't remember which came first, but around the time of the Vastu 
Grand Scheme, there was the $600 billion Agro Grand Scheme.

Between Agro and Vastu Grand Schemes there was perhaps a week or so.

Between Peace Palace Grand Scheme and either Agro or Vastu Grand 
Scheme (I can't remember which came first) there was at least a 
year, no?

Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head:

Malls of America Grand Scheme

Tallest Building Grand Scheme

VedaLand Grand Scheme

Can anyone add to the list?






>  This one may not
> last more than the time it takes to discover that
> investors are not exactly impressed enough to put
> their money into a scheme that benefits no one
> financially except the TM movement (unless you
> buy the not-exactly-mainstream idea that a few 
> correctly designed buildings in the right places 
> are going to make life better for everyone else).
> 
> But the trend is clear.  No new Grand Scheme in
> years has emphasized the teaching of TM.  They've
> all been about creating large groups of "flyers"
> or large groups of pundits or building new physical
> structures.  I really don't see that changing, even
> if this latest Grand Scheme goes belly-up tomorrow.
> 
> I suspect that at this point what one thinks about
> Maharishi and the future of the TM movement really 
> comes down to a matter of faith.
> 
> If you believe that he is enlightened, and that the
> enlightened by definition act in accord with the 
> "Laws Of Nature," then you might have some hope for 
> the future of the TMO.  If you view him as more of 
> a CEO, formulating business plans for a multimillion-
> dollar organization and designing Grand Schemes that 
> will determine its future, you might not be convinced 
> that the TMO *has* a future.
> 
> As with almost everything in the spiritual smorgasbord,
> your mileage may vary...




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > It is my fortune, Guru Dev (the Maharishi's dead master) that I 
> > have been accepted to serve the Holy Tradition and spread the 
> > Light of God to all those who need it

> Question: did you get this 1/2 page agreement from your attorney or 
> from some anti-TM website?  Not that it really matters but I am 
> curious because in the agreement, Guru Dev is referred to as "the 
> Maharishi's dead master" and I doubt whether (1) the article "the" 
> would be used to refer to MMY in a TMO document (unless Charlie 
> Lutes wrote it); and (2) Guru Dev would ever be referred to as 
> a "dead" master in a TMO document.

Good catch, Shemp.  It almost certainly comes
from Trancenet, the parenthetical being John
Knapp's cynical editorial interpolation.






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread TurquoiseB
--- "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > 
> > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > > 
> > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> > 
> > Well, duh.  :-)
> > 
> > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > 
> > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > is set.  TM is passé.
> 
> Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect.
> Control is more important than than the benefits of the technique?
> Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?

The dollars do seem to be the motivating factor.
Every new scheme requires more of them, and 
emphasizes the actual teaching of TM less.

The original message of spiritually regenerating
the world "from the bottom up" by teaching people
to meditate has clearly been superceded by the 
message of "reconstructing" it "from the top down"
via Sthapatya-Veda.  

We never know how long the "latest and greatest"
Grand Scheme is going to last.  This one may not
last more than the time it takes to discover that
investors are not exactly impressed enough to put
their money into a scheme that benefits no one
financially except the TM movement (unless you
buy the not-exactly-mainstream idea that a few 
correctly designed buildings in the right places 
are going to make life better for everyone else).

But the trend is clear.  No new Grand Scheme in
years has emphasized the teaching of TM.  They've
all been about creating large groups of "flyers"
or large groups of pundits or building new physical
structures.  I really don't see that changing, even
if this latest Grand Scheme goes belly-up tomorrow.

I suspect that at this point what one thinks about
Maharishi and the future of the TM movement really 
comes down to a matter of faith.

If you believe that he is enlightened, and that the
enlightened by definition act in accord with the 
"Laws Of Nature," then you might have some hope for 
the future of the TMO.  If you view him as more of 
a CEO, formulating business plans for a multimillion-
dollar organization and designing Grand Schemes that 
will determine its future, you might not be convinced 
that the TMO *has* a future.

As with almost everything in the spiritual smorgasbord,
your mileage may vary...







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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > > Ingegerd wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until 
to-
> > day - 
> > > > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
> > Teachers 
> > > > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was 
> very 
> > > > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more 
and 
> > more 
> > > > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. 
> The 
> > > last 
> > > > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns 
the 
> > > rights 
> > > > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > > > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 
36 
> > > > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would 
> like 
> > to 
> > > > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> > > Agreement 
> > > > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the 
> aspects 
> > of 
> > > > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > > > >This is an example of power and control from the side of 
MMY 
> and 
> > > his 
> > > > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the 
> whole 
> > > > >thing.
> > > > >Ingegerd
> > > > >
> > > > >  
> > > > >
> > > > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
> > doubt 
> > > if it 
> > > > would even make it into the docket.
> > > 
> > > My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to 
the 
> > > court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I 
had 
> > > signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 
> page 
> > > that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very 
laughable 
> > > piece of paper.
> > > Ingegerd
> > 
> > Hi, Ingegerd
> > 
> > Is it possible to post a jpg of the 1/2 page agreement. I would 
> love 
> > to see it.
> > 
> > G
> 
> TO HIS HOLINESS MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI
> 
> It is my privilege, Maharishi, to promise to teach the Principles 
and 
> Practice of Transcendental Meditation only as a teacher-employee 
of  
> SRM, or other TM movement front group which accepts me as such; 
that 
> I will always hold the teaching in trust for you, dear Maharishi, 
and 
> SRM; that I will never use the teaching except as a teacher in SRM 
or 
> other organisations founded by you for the purpose of carrying on 
> your work of spreading Transcendental Meditation for the good of 
> Mankind; that as a teacher in SRM.  I shall receive such 
compensation 
> as shall be agreed between myself and SRM, in writing and, except 
as 
> agreed in writing I expect to receive no monetary compensation but 
am 
> fully compensated by the love and joy that I receive from the 
work, 
> by the alleviation of suffering that I may accomplish, and by the 
> Wisdom that I obtain, expound, and cherish. In furtherance of the 
> pledge I acknowledge that prior to receiving the training I had no 
> prior knowledge of such system of Teaching; that there is no other 
> available source where the knowledge of such teaching may be 
> obtained; that such training is secret and unique. I am a link in 
the 
> chain of organisations that you have founded; and that to retain 
the 
> purity of the teaching and movement, you have laid down the wise 
rule 
> that I ever cease to teach in SRM  or other organisations founded 
by 
> you for the purpose of teaching Transcendental Meditation, I may 
be 
> restrained by appropiate process from using this secret Teaching 
of 
> Transcendental Meditation imparted to me.
> 
> It is my fortune, Guru Dev (the Maharishi's dead master) that I 
have 
> been accepted to serve the Holy Tradition and spread the Light of 
God 
> to all those who need it. It is my joy to undertake the 
> responsibility of representing the Holy Tradition in all its 
purity 
> as it has been given to me by Maharishi and I promise on your 
altar, 
> Guru Dev, that with all my heart and mind I will always work 
within 
> the framework of the organisations founded by Maharishi. And to 
you, 
> Maharishi, I promise that as a Meditation Guide I will be faithful 
in 
> all ways to the trust that you have placed in me.
> 
> Jai Guru Dev
> 
> DATED:
> 
> 
> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> 
> 
> 
> INITIATOR


Question: did you get this 1/2 page agreement from your attorney or 
from some anti-TM website?  Not that it really matters but I am 
curious because in the agreement, Guru Dev is referred to as "the 
Maharishi's dead master" and I doubt whether (1) the article "the" 
would be used to refer to MMY in a TMO document (unless Charlie 
Lutes wrote it); and (2) Guru Dev would ever be referred to as 
a "dead" master in a TMO document.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >  
> > > In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > 
> > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > 
> > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> 
> Well, duh.  :-)
> 
> Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> obstacle to people learning TM.
> 
> But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> is set.  TM is passé.

Never thought of it that way, but that is the practical effect.
Control is more important than than the benefits of the technique?
Or is it really all about the movement the dollars?

JohnY




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight 
> Time,  
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > > 
> > > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > > 
> > > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> > 
> > Well, duh.  :-)
> > 
> > Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> > of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> > such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> > to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> > idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> > obstacle to people learning TM.
> > 
> > But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> > anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> > is set.  TM is passé.
> 
> TM today is what Yogananda's SRF was when I started meditating in 
> 1973: passe and frequented mostly by little old ladies who discuss 
> Yogananda over tea and crumpets...

You, and your little old ladies ---.
Ingegerd





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-19 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > Ingegerd wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
> day - 
> > > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
> Teachers 
> > > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was 
very 
> > > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and 
> more 
> > > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. 
The 
> > last 
> > > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
> > rights 
> > > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> > > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would 
like 
> to 
> > > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> > Agreement 
> > > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the 
aspects 
> of 
> > > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > > >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY 
and 
> > his 
> > > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the 
whole 
> > > >thing.
> > > >Ingegerd
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
> doubt 
> > if it 
> > > would even make it into the docket.
> > 
> > My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to the 
> > court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I had 
> > signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 
page 
> > that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very laughable 
> > piece of paper.
> > Ingegerd
> 
> Hi, Ingegerd
> 
> Is it possible to post a jpg of the 1/2 page agreement. I would 
love 
> to see it.
> 
> G

TO HIS HOLINESS MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI

It is my privilege, Maharishi, to promise to teach the Principles and 
Practice of Transcendental Meditation only as a teacher-employee of  
SRM, or other TM movement front group which accepts me as such; that 
I will always hold the teaching in trust for you, dear Maharishi, and 
SRM; that I will never use the teaching except as a teacher in SRM or 
other organisations founded by you for the purpose of carrying on 
your work of spreading Transcendental Meditation for the good of 
Mankind; that as a teacher in SRM.  I shall receive such compensation 
as shall be agreed between myself and SRM, in writing and, except as 
agreed in writing I expect to receive no monetary compensation but am 
fully compensated by the love and joy that I receive from the work, 
by the alleviation of suffering that I may accomplish, and by the 
Wisdom that I obtain, expound, and cherish. In furtherance of the 
pledge I acknowledge that prior to receiving the training I had no 
prior knowledge of such system of Teaching; that there is no other 
available source where the knowledge of such teaching may be 
obtained; that such training is secret and unique. I am a link in the 
chain of organisations that you have founded; and that to retain the 
purity of the teaching and movement, you have laid down the wise rule 
that I ever cease to teach in SRM  or other organisations founded by 
you for the purpose of teaching Transcendental Meditation, I may be 
restrained by appropiate process from using this secret Teaching of 
Transcendental Meditation imparted to me.

It is my fortune, Guru Dev (the Maharishi's dead master) that I have 
been accepted to serve the Holy Tradition and spread the Light of God 
to all those who need it. It is my joy to undertake the 
responsibility of representing the Holy Tradition in all its purity 
as it has been given to me by Maharishi and I promise on your altar, 
Guru Dev, that with all my heart and mind I will always work within 
the framework of the organisations founded by Maharishi. And to you, 
Maharishi, I promise that as a Meditation Guide I will be faithful in 
all ways to the trust that you have placed in me.

Jai Guru Dev

DATED:


Maharishi Mahesh Yogi



INITIATOR






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >  
> > > In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight 
Time,  
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > 
> > > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> > 
> > Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
> 
> Well, duh.  :-)
> 
> Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
> of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
> such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
> to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
> idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
> obstacle to people learning TM.
> 
> But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
> anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
> is set.  TM is passé.

TM today is what Yogananda's SRF was when I started meditating in 
1973: passe and frequented mostly by little old ladies who discuss 
Yogananda over tea and crumpets...





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >  
> > In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 
> > My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until 
> > after MMY dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> 
> Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?

Well, duh.  :-)

Who has recently "decertified" all but a handful
of his TM teachers and then raised the prices 
such that the leftover handful can't find anyone
to teach?  I think you'd have to be an absolute
idiot to not view Maharishi as the biggest 
obstacle to people learning TM.

But to think that "King Tony" is going to change
anything is naive.  The direction of the movement
is set.  TM is passé.









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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > > Ingegerd wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
> > day - 
> > > > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
> > Teachers 
> > > > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was 
> very 
> > > > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and 
> > more 
> > > > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. 
> The 
> > > last 
> > > > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns 
the 
> > > rights 
> > > > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > > > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 
36 
> > > > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would 
> like 
> > to 
> > > > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> > > Agreement 
> > > > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the 
> aspects 
> > of 
> > > > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > > > >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY 
> and 
> > > his 
> > > > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the 
> whole 
> > > > >thing.
> > > > >Ingegerd
> > > > >
> > > > >  
> > > > >
> > > > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
> > doubt 
> > > if it 
> > > > would even make it into the docket.
> > > 
> > > My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to 
the 
> > > court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I 
had 
> > > signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 
> page 
> > > that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very 
laughable 
> > > piece of paper.
> > > Ingegerd
> > 
> > Hi, Ingegerd
> > 
> > Is it possible to post a jpg of the 1/2 page agreement. I would 
> love 
> > to see it.
> > 
> > G
> 
> I would love to send all 9 pages on FFL, but I do not have a 
scanner. 
> If you like I can send it by post.
> Ingegerd

Sorry, I misunderstood. I will send the 1/2 page agreement.
Ingegerd




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after 
MMY 
> dies  and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 

Do you mean that MMY is a hindrance for teaching TM to people?
Ingegerd> 
> 
> I kind of think the whole thing will collapse shortly after  MMY 
takes leave. 
>  Probably a few will fight over the scraps of what' left  while the 
rest of 
> us sit back and watch the bickering. Sooner or later something  may 
raise up 
> out of the ashes.




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bmorry2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > Everyone signed a bunch of forms at teacher training--who remembers 
> > what they said.  And, we never got copies.  But, that doesn't make 
> > the forms signed any less binding...legally or karmicly
> > 
> 
> Legally, yes, they're not binding. Karmicly? Who can say? Morally?

MMY wants it legally. When it comes to Karma and Moral - Do you mean 
that MMY don't have to care about that?
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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > Ingegerd wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
> day - 
> > > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
> Teachers 
> > > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was 
very 
> > > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and 
> more 
> > > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. 
The 
> > last 
> > > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
> > rights 
> > > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> > > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would 
like 
> to 
> > > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> > Agreement 
> > > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the 
aspects 
> of 
> > > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > > >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY 
and 
> > his 
> > > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the 
whole 
> > > >thing.
> > > >Ingegerd
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
> doubt 
> > if it 
> > > would even make it into the docket.
> > 
> > My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to the 
> > court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I had 
> > signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 
page 
> > that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very laughable 
> > piece of paper.
> > Ingegerd
> 
> Hi, Ingegerd
> 
> Is it possible to post a jpg of the 1/2 page agreement. I would 
love 
> to see it.
> 
> G

I would love to send all 9 pages on FFL, but I do not have a scanner. 
If you like I can send it by post.
Ingegerd




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > Ingegerd wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
> day - 
snip***

 
> > It obviously wouldn't. On theother hand, the useof the 
> > term "Maharishi Whatever" that is licensed, might be actionable if 
> > you go independent.
> > 
> > My advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after 
> MMY 
> > dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad.
> 
> "Transcendental Meditation, as taught by King Tony Nader Raaam."

Uh, that'll fly!






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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 8/18/05 5:15:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
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do you 
  think "scisms" will form?

No doubt! Look what happened to Yogananda's organization. But 
this will be much worse , maybe to the point the original organizations may 
cease to exist.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread shempmcgurk
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>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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> 
> My  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after 
MMY 
> dies  and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 
> 
> 
> 
> I kind of think the whole thing will collapse shortly after  MMY 
takes leave. 
>  Probably a few will fight over the scraps of what' left  while 
the rest of 
> us sit back and watch the bickering. Sooner or later something  
may raise up 
> out of the ashes.

do you think "scisms" will form?




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 8/18/05 4:29:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
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My 
  advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after MMY dies 
  and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 

I kind of think the whole thing will collapse shortly after 
MMY takes leave.  Probably a few will fight over the scraps of what' left 
while the rest of us sit back and watch the bickering. Sooner or later something 
may raise up out of the ashes.





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 8/18/05 4:24:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, 
  there you have it. You have your out for teaching on your own. Personally, 
  I'd wait til the old man kicks the bucket to see how things change before 
  I burn my bridges with the TMO, but YMMV...

My very intentions all along, that is if I ever teach 
again.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > Ingegerd wrote:
> > 
> > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
day - 
> > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
Teachers 
> > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
> > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and 
more 
> > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The 
> last 
> > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
> rights 
> > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like 
to 
> > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> Agreement 
> > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects 
of 
> > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY 
and 
> his 
> > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the 
whole 
> > >thing.
> > >Ingegerd
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
doubt 
> if it 
> > would even make it into the docket.
> 
> It obviously wouldn't. On theother hand, the useof the 
> term "Maharishi Whatever" that is licensed, might be actionable if 
> you go independent.
> 
> My advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after 
MMY 
> dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad.

"Transcendental Meditation, as taught by King Tony Nader Raaam."




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ingegerd wrote:
> 
> >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-day - 
> >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-Teachers 
> >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
> >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and more 
> >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The 
last 
> >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
rights 
> >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like to 
> >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
Agreement 
> >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects of 
> >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY and 
his 
> >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the whole 
> >thing.
> >Ingegerd
> >
> >  
> >
> I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I doubt 
if it 
> would even make it into the docket.

It obviously wouldn't. On theother hand, the useof the 
term "Maharishi Whatever" that is licensed, might be actionable if 
you go independent.

My advice to the independents is to keep alow profile until after MMY 
dies and see if King Tony changes things a tad. 





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bmorry2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> Everyone signed a bunch of forms at teacher training--who 
remembers 
> what they said.  And, we never got copies.  But, that doesn't make 
> the forms signed any less binding...legally or karmicly



I'm not a lawyer but in the business that I'm currently in, if my 
client doesn't get a copy of the contract, that is cause for the 
contract to be null and void.

Indeed, there are even ancillary documents to the contract that if a 
bona fide copy isn't given to the client it is cause.

So I'd like to know whether not getting a copy does, indeed, make 
the "form" any less binding.

And as for the "karmic" repercussions, well, I would say that the 
karma is intrinsically bound to the legal aspect since it was after 
all a legal document.



> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign 
an 
> > > > agreement form, stating that they would teach under the 
> auspices  
> > > > of the movement.
> > > 
> > > This was not universally true.  I was asked to sign
> > > no such agreement.  I have no desire to actually teach
> > > TM, but I would have no legal or ethical reason not
> > > to if I so desired.
> > 
> > 
> > I remember signing something but I never got a copy...so, was 
> > it "legal" as a binding contract if I never got a copy?





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bmorry2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> Everyone signed a bunch of forms at teacher training--who remembers 
> what they said.  And, we never got copies.  But, that doesn't make 
> the forms signed any less binding...legally or karmicly
> 

Legally, yes, they're not binding. Karmicly? Who can say? Morally?
?




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 2:42:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> > The  only "harm" I see is the TMO isn't making money when a  
teacher  
> initiates 
> > for free. I was told the night before I was made  an  initiator 
that 
> we don't 
> > refuse to teach somebody because  they don't have enough  money 
to 
> pay the fee.
> 
> The same thing  was told me on my TTC - I also received written 
> guidelines - saying the  same thing.
> Ingegerd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I never received anything in writing. Jerry Jarvis just read  an 
oath to us 
> that we verbally agreed to. I would love to hear/see that oath  
again. But I do 
> very vividly remember the part about not refusing to teach  people 
for a lack 
> of funds.

Well, there you have it. You have your out for teaching on your own. 
Personally, I'd wait til the old man kicks the bucket to see how 
things change before I burn my bridges with the TMO, but YMMV...





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign an 
> > > agreement form, stating that they would teach under the auspices  
> > > of the movement.
> > 
> > This was not universally true.  I was asked to sign
> > no such agreement.  I have no desire to actually teach
> > TM, but I would have no legal or ethical reason not
> > to if I so desired.
> 
> 
> I remember signing something but I never got a copy...so, was 
> it "legal" as a binding contract if I never got a copy?

Did I say it was "legal" or that it was a "promise?"




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > Ingegerd wrote:
> > 
> > >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-
day - 
> > >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-
Teachers 
> > >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
> > >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and 
more 
> > >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The 
> last 
> > >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
> rights 
> > >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> > >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> > >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like 
to 
> > >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
> Agreement 
> > >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects 
of 
> > >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> > >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY and 
> his 
> > >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the whole 
> > >thing.
> > >Ingegerd
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I 
doubt 
> if it 
> > would even make it into the docket.
> 
> My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to the 
> court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I had 
> signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 page 
> that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very laughable 
> piece of paper.
> Ingegerd

Hi, Ingegerd

Is it possible to post a jpg of the 1/2 page agreement. I would love 
to see it.

G




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ingegerd wrote:
> 
> >Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-day - 
> >also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-Teachers 
> >that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
> >simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and more 
> >complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The 
last 
> >form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the 
rights 
> >to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
> >Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
> >points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like to 
> >teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the 
Agreement 
> >Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects of 
> >Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
> >This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY and 
his 
> >TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the whole 
> >thing.
> >Ingegerd
> >
> >  
> >
> I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I doubt 
if it 
> would even make it into the docket.

My Lawyer used exactly the same words "I would love to go to the 
court with this". I did not receive any copies of whatever I had 
signed. But thanks to my Lawyer I finally got copies. The 1/2 page 
that I signed on my TTC was also signed by MMY. A very laughable 
piece of paper.
Ingegerd





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Bhairitu
Ingegerd wrote:

>Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-day - 
>also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-Teachers 
>that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
>simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and more 
>complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The last 
>form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the rights 
>to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
>Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
>points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like to 
>teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the Agreement 
>Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects of 
>Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
>This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY and his 
>TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the whole 
>thing.
>Ingegerd
>
>  
>
I would love to see them take someone to court over that.  I doubt if it 
would even make it into the docket.



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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 2:42:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> > The  only "harm" I see is the TMO isn't making money when a  
teacher  
> initiates 
> > for free. I was told the night before I was made  an  initiator 
that 
> we don't 
> > refuse to teach somebody because  they don't have enough  money 
to 
> pay the fee.
> 
> The same thing  was told me on my TTC - I also received written 
> guidelines - saying the  same thing.
> Ingegerd
> 

Here is the Guidelines.
Ingegerd

THE STATUS OF THE INITIATOR

An initiator is Maharihi's representative in his area.

During the first International Convention of the Spiritual 
Regeneration Movement, Maharishi was asked how he conceived the 
possibility of spiritually regenerating the whole world.

He said:
"I will multiply myself and will be found in every part of the 
world". The programme of training initiators is multiplying 
Maharishi. The initiators have to hold themselves in the dignity and 
grace, wisdom and light of Truth which he spreads around him.

The key to the maintenance of this dignity lies in regular practice 
of meditation at least one hour morning and one hour evening, and up 
to two hours holidays, and in talking less.

Every initiator is supposed to be dependable. Maharishi feels that he 
can depend on them because of the trust that he has placed in them. 
They are expected to follow his wishes, which are as follows: -

1.  They will always be sincere and truthful about teaching that 
they have received, and they will keep it pure.
2.  They will impart the teaching in public in all love and with 
the sole desire to do good.
3.  All the initiators will keep themselves in love and dignity 
because only the impact of a united front could meet the need of fast 
advancing life.
4.  They will combine their efforts in building and maintaining 
three international academies – one in India, one in Europe and one 
in America, apart from meditation centres in the universities and 
wherever possible.
5.  They will try to save their time from being involved in day-
to-day matters of organization. They will set their working policy so 
that it will be accepted as graceful by public opinion.
6.  They must always feel free with Maharishi and keep their 
minds attuned to his mind and his way of thinking. This should be 
acquired without straining, in the fullness of ease and freedom.
7.  The initiators are expected to be above the disparities of 
religion and nationalities. Each has his own faith and belongs to his 
own nation, but he has to behave with people of other faiths and 
nations with even greater joy and love than he shows to those of his 
own religion and nation.
8.  An initiator carries a universal mind and heart in his own 
individual mind and heart.
9.  An initiator has the status of an ocean into which all rivers 
flow, even pouring their mud and rubbish bought from all sides; the 
ocean remains unmoved in its level.
10. People approach him from their own level of consciousness. He 
meets them all from his level of joy and love and the grace of 
eveness of mind.
11. Between the affairs of two people he behaves like the neutral 
point of a magnet. He does not allow the affairs of one to pass to 
the other through him. He does not betray the confidence of those who 
confide in him by passing information to others, as an ocean does not 
pass water from one river into another.
12. Until the end of 1971 initiators are not allowed to initiate 
people in the following professions:-
1.  Psycho-analysts, psychologists or any associated profession
2.  Those practising hypnotism
3.  Those very deeply engrossed in Spiritualism (Healers are not 
in this category)
4.  Priests and ministers of religion. They can only be initiated 
by Maharishi or someone especially appointed by him to handle these 
cases.
5.  Monks
6.  The heads of religious organizations
7.  The leaders of philosophical or metaphysical groups

If by chance there is any mistake or difficulty in carrying out the 
above mentioned desires, it should be brought to Maharishi's notice 
as soon as possible.



FINANCIAL POLICY:
In all periods of historical time, financial aid, or its equivalent 
has been necessary to establish seats of learning and spread their 
teachings, religious or secular.

The Spiritual Regeneration Movement is in no way different.

The people of India gave Maharishi the wherewithal to reach America 
and give his message and the Americans helped him to reach England 
and start the Spiritual Regeneration Movement in Europe, and likewise 
one nation has helped him to bring the meditation to another.

It was during Maharishi's first stay in America that it was decided 
to ask for a weeks net income from every person initiated to enable a 
organization to be set up to spread the meditation to others; mon

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread bmorry2000
Everyone signed a bunch of forms at teacher training--who remembers 
what they said.  And, we never got copies.  But, that doesn't make 
the forms signed any less binding...legally or karmicly


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign an 
> > > agreement form, stating that they would teach under the 
auspices  
> > > of the movement.
> > 
> > This was not universally true.  I was asked to sign
> > no such agreement.  I have no desire to actually teach
> > TM, but I would have no legal or ethical reason not
> > to if I so desired.
> 
> 
> I remember signing something but I never got a copy...so, was 
> it "legal" as a binding contract if I never got a copy?




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 8/18/05 2:42:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The 
  only "harm" I see is the TMO isn't making money when a  teacher 
  initiates > for free. I was told the night before I was made 
  an  initiator that we don't > refuse to teach somebody because 
  they don't have enough  money to pay the fee.The same thing 
  was told me on my TTC - I also received written guidelines - saying the 
  same thing.Ingegerd

I never received anything in writing. Jerry Jarvis just read 
an oath to us that we verbally agreed to. I would love to hear/see that oath 
again. But I do very vividly remember the part about not refusing to teach 
people for a lack of funds.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 1:11:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> I am  wondering what the harm would be, if someone were initiated 
> privately,  without the auspices of the movement, and that person, 
> continued to  meditate religiously eventually gaining enlightenment.
> I don't understand  what the big deal is with this issue at this 
time;
> Besides breaking an  agreement, which now seems to have little 
value, 
> because the movement now  is not what it was at the time of the 
> agreement, and because the price  structure makes it out of most 
> persons ability to learn, and because of  the recertification 
action, 
> which supposes that TM is taught now in some  different way, then 
it 
> was originally taught.
> 
> 
> 
> The only "harm" I see is the TMO isn't making money when a  teacher 
initiates 
> for free. I was told the night before I was made an  initiator that 
we don't 
> refuse to teach somebody because they don't have enough  money to 
pay the fee.

The same thing was told me on my TTC - I also received written 
guidelines - saying the same thing.
Ingegerd





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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread Ingegerd
Things have changed from the first TTC in India and until to-day - 
also when it comes to signing Agreement Forms. I know TM-Teachers 
that never signed a paper. The first one that I signed was very 
simple, 1/2 page I think. And then the forms became more and more 
complicated where the TMO used Lawyers to design the forms. The last 
form was on 9 pages, where it is stated that the TMO owns the rights 
to Maharishi Yajur Veda, Maharishi Dhanur Veda, Maharishi 
Vaisheshika, Maharishi Vedanta, Maharishi Upanishad, etc. - 36 
points - covering every aspect in the Veda. So, if I would like to 
teach Upanishad - and not Maharishi Upanishad - I break the Agreement 
Form. Whatever I do according to the Veda - outside the aspects of 
Maharishi Vedic Science - I could be punished.
This is an example of power and control from the side of MMY and his 
TMO. Transcendental Meditation is just a little bit of the whole 
thing.
Ingegerd


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign an 
> agreement form, stating that they would teach under the auspices of 
> the movement.
> And many people have been instructed under the auspices of the 
> movement, especially in the days, when things were slightly 
different, 
> with slightly different price structures.
> Many people, as everyone knows, who were instructed, have stopped 
> meditating long ago.
> I am wondering what the harm would be, if someone were initiated 
> privately, without the auspices of the movement, and that person, 
> continued to meditate religiously eventually gaining enlightenment.
> I don't understand what the big deal is with this issue at this 
time;
> Besides breaking an agreement, which now seems to have little 
value, 
> because the movement now is not what it was at the time of the 
> agreement, and because the price structure makes it out of most 
> persons ability to learn, and because of the recertification 
action, 
> which supposes that TM is taught now in some different way, then it 
> was originally taught.




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign an 
> > agreement form, stating that they would teach under the auspices  
> > of the movement.
> 
> This was not universally true.  I was asked to sign
> no such agreement.  I have no desire to actually teach
> TM, but I would have no legal or ethical reason not
> to if I so desired.


I remember signing something but I never got a copy...so, was 
it "legal" as a binding contract if I never got a copy?




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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> From my understanding the intiator's were required to sign an 
> agreement form, stating that they would teach under the auspices  
> of the movement.

This was not universally true.  I was asked to sign
no such agreement.  I have no desire to actually teach
TM, but I would have no legal or ethical reason not
to if I so desired.






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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'To Teach or Not to Teach..'

2005-08-18 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/05 1:11:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> I am  wondering what the harm would be, if someone were initiated 
> privately,  without the auspices of the movement, and that person, 
> continued to  meditate religiously eventually gaining enlightenment.
> I don't understand  what the big deal is with this issue at this time;
> Besides breaking an  agreement, which now seems to have little value, 
> because the movement now  is not what it was at the time of the 
> agreement, and because the price  structure makes it out of most 
> persons ability to learn, and because of  the recertification action, 
> which supposes that TM is taught now in some  different way, then it 
> was originally taught.
> 
> 
> 
> The only "harm" I see is the TMO isn't making money when a  teacher
initiates 
> for free. I was told the night before I was made an  initiator that
we don't 
> refuse to teach somebody because they don't have enough  money to
pay the fee.

Me too, but unfortunately these days that's suppossed to mean that you
or I pay the fee that the initiate could not pay hasn't been about
teaching new meditators for a long time - think property and fund
raising. 


JohnY




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