--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bikram Choudry, the founder of Bikram Yoga, has successfully > > > defended his 26 posture technique in court as unique. No others > > > may use his form of McYoga without being certified instructors. > > > > > > One wonders if we were to examine the recertification papers if > > > they use similar wording used in the Bikram suit to try to force > > > adherence to a certified standard for TM's form of McMeditation? > > > > > > A program on the suit appeared wednesday of 60 Minutes (CBS). > > > > The TMO has been most concerned with use of the NAME of > > transcendental meditation during the past few lawsuits. This > > makes sense to ME because the TMO has always offered followup > > programs based on the assumption that everyone they're dealing > > with started wioth the same basic instruction and they're > > protecting their clientelle as much as themselves. > > > > Do you really object to this stance? Why? > > Because it's not true. > > When I worked at National I was assigned to be the > "point man" in the efforts to strengthen the use of > copyrighted terms like "TM" and "Transcendental > Meditation." So I had to interface between the > copyright lawyers who had been hired and the then > heads of the US movement. I can guarantee you that > at no point during any of the discussions was the > welfare of TMers or their "clientele" discussed. > It was simply a question of protecting a monopoly > and keeping other people from offering for a cheaper > price what they were offering for an expensive one. > > Also discussed often was vengeance, ways to punish > former TM teachers who dared to teach outside the > organization. It struck me at the time that neither > the wellbeing of the meditators or the potential > benefits to the world of more people being able to > learn to meditate never came up; it was all in terms > of "How do we protect what's ours." The use of the > word 'McMeditation' is thus, IMO, very apt. > > Unc
That's certainly interesting to know from an insider view. It certainly comes through intuitively based on the feel of how things have been handled in the TMO. (see a few posts up - in answer to the same post you answered...) Thanks for the first hand experience. JohnY 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/
