--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- 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 > > As Authfriend points out, you can't be sure of motivations since > everyone already has implicit assumptions. Certainly, MMY's public > stance about maintaining the purity of the teaching would be a > background assumption for ANY discussion by TM higher ups of what to > do in this regard, even if it was never mentioned explicitly. > > I've sat in on high-level discussions in the TMO where the only > topics were totally mundane, having to do with the mechanics of > marketing and so on. No mention of saving the world, etc., at all, > and by Unc's implication, we are to then assume that there's no > belief about the Power of TM (tm) involved in deciding to market TM > in the first place. I don't think so.
I don't need to be certain of motivations, I have many years worth of my own interation with the TMO to draw upon. Sometimes I feel like it took too long to trust my own intuition. 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/
