Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows how. And his approach has some merit in fact. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows how. And his approach has some merit in fact. He was on FFL for a while back when he was trying to figure out how to sell Maharishi's sandals, had some very interesting stuff to say about his time with Maharishi. Seemed very sweet and very bright. He subsequently did a BatGap interview and talked about the book he's selling now. He was in bad financial shape with almost no resources at the time he was selling the sandals. If he can now support himself by selling the book he's written and the teaching method he's developed because people find them useful, more power to him. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows how. And his approach has some merit in fact. He was on FFL for a while back when he was trying to figure out how to sell Maharishi's sandals, had some very interesting stuff to say about his time with Maharishi. Seemed very sweet and very bright. He subsequently did a BatGap interview and talked about the book he's selling now. He was in bad financial shape with almost no resources at the time he was selling the sandals. If he can now support himself by selling the book he's written and the teaching method he's developed because people find them useful, more power to him. I don't begrudge him selling a meditation book, but his petition makes it sound like he's pushing for some purely altruistic project, when the meditation instruction is actually from a book he wrote and sells. His petition makes no mention of his financial self-interest, and IMO, that doesn't pass the sniff test. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
Maybe he learned from Marshy From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows how. And his approach has some merit in fact. He was on FFL for a while back when he was trying to figure out how to sell Maharishi's sandals, had some very interesting stuff to say about his time with Maharishi. Seemed very sweet and very bright. He subsequently did a BatGap interview and talked about the book he's selling now. He was in bad financial shape with almost no resources at the time he was selling the sandals. If he can now support himself by selling the book he's written and the teaching method he's developed because people find them useful, more power to him. I don't begrudge him selling a meditation book, but his petition makes it sound like he's pushing for some purely altruistic project, when the meditation instruction is actually from a book he wrote and sells. His petition makes no mention of his financial self-interest, and IMO, that doesn't pass the sniff test. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
Yep, agreed. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: I've talked to him - he's a decent guy doing the best he knows how. And his approach has some merit in fact. He was on FFL for a while back when he was trying to figure out how to sell Maharishi's sandals, had some very interesting stuff to say about his time with Maharishi. Seemed very sweet and very bright. He subsequently did a BatGap interview and talked about the book he's selling now. He was in bad financial shape with almost no resources at the time he was selling the sandals. If he can now support himself by selling the book he's written and the teaching method he's developed because people find them useful, more power to him. I don't begrudge him selling a meditation book, but his petition makes it sound like he's pushing for some purely altruistic project, when the meditation instruction is actually from a book he wrote and sells. His petition makes no mention of his financial self-interest, and IMO, that doesn't pass the sniff test. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. Though, it is an interesting idea that the DLF might want to try, L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: Mark Landau [mailto:m...@iloveyouandforgiveyou.org] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:42 AM To: Rick Archer Subject: Petition to offer meditation in schools Hey Rick, would you post this to FFL and consider posting it to your Facebook page? Hope things are good with you. Many thanks, m Hi everyone, Please consider reading, signing and sharing this petition. https://www.change.org/petitions/arne-duncan-and-tony-miller-us-secretary-an d-deputy-secretary-of-education-offer-the-love-forgiveness-meditation-in-50- school-pilot-projects I believe any noise made about teaching meditation in our schools carries positive potential for our country and the world. If I can get to 100 signatures, Change.org http://Change.org help kicks in. Many thanks and well wishes to all of you, m iloveyouandforgiveyou.org http://iloveyouandforgiveyou.org The Love and Forgiveness Meditation
[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Petition to offer meditation in schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: U This appears to be a ploy to get his book better known. Mark Landau is the author of the book he is advocating everyone read to learn how to do the meditation he advocates the US encourage all students to learn. From used sandal salesman to new-age meditation huckster... that's quite a career arc.
