Sigh. MMY has explicitly said that he is targeting the wealthy ofthe world, and therefore raised the price so that only the wealthy could afford it.
The current pricing of TM is NOT meant to reach the most people in the shortest time, and MMY has said specifically that it is not. --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > exactly. Why not make money teaching TM, at an appropriate fee? There > is nothing intrinsically wrong with money. I heard someone say > recently, I think it was on the made for TV movie 'Trump', that money > is a form of energy. So why not spend or expend energy to learn TM? > Nothing wrong with that. > > The issue becomes, how much energy should we expend? Apparently > Maharishi and the TMO feel that since the benefit of TM is > incalculable that the price, the energy expended, should be very high. > Others, realizing that once TM is commoditized, it should be priced > appropriately, relative to where it is found in the 'spiritual > supermarket'. > > And since it is a commodity, various financial models need to be > built, similar to what Bob Brigante has done, showing an optimum price > point for TM, satisfying the convergence of three factors: maximum > initiations, a living wage for TM teachers, and excellent perceived > value for money paid by the consumer, for the technique. > > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To me this is the difference between east and west. Culturally, > > easterners have a respect for spiritual practices and those > > with "wisdom". In the west, what you pay for something, connotes > > a "value". I once was convinced by an aspiring initiate to teach > her > > for a reduced fee. She didn't take it seriously at all. > > Only one example, but I've seen this at work in other arenas as well. > > You can't really be a "professional" teacher in the west doing it > for > > free. Who's gonna pay the bills? > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
