--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [...] > > > > > This is pretty much how any sucessful entrepreneur works. > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, a successful entrepreneur's #1 tenet is: > > > > > > > > If it ain't broke, don't fix it. > > > > > > > > TM works...and the way it was marketed to the world back in the > > > > mid '70s worked...then someone messed with that successful > > formula > > > > by: > > > > > > > > 1) fraudulently promoting the flying technique; > > > > > > > > > > Not fraudulently in MMY's eyes; > > > > > > ...you mean publishing photographs of hoppers in the apex of the > > hopping parabola isn't fraudulent? > > > > I disagree... > > > > They're still practicing what he belives leads to the ability to > float.
...and so do I (that is, I both practise the technique AND believe it leads to the ability to float. But that doesn't negate the fact that a conscious decision was made to present something that wasn't true and to purposely mislead. > > > > > > > > > > 2) messing unethically with scientific data; > > > > > > > > > > A serious accusation. what data? > > > > 1) Not publishing "negative" results on TM and reinterpreting data > > and studies done by others and publishing those reinterpretations. > > > > Never heard of the second, and the "file-drawer phenomenon" is well- > known enough to have its own term in the scientific literature and > isn't limited to True Believers in the religious sense. Everyone does > it or is tempted to do it. Doesn't make it right, of course. > > > > 2) (not unethically but) putting gold paint on the scientific > > documents... > > > ??? That's a bound book. Do you think they do that with the journal > publications? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3) starting political parties and enjoining them with the TMO; > > > > > > > > > > In the USA, they sorta kept within the boundries of the law... > > > > > > That's not what I am referring to. I am referring to the fact that > > the TMO -- an organisation with the stated purpose of promulgating > > the TM program -- engaged in something that "took sides" and was, > in > > effect, a philosophy. TM is not a philosophy nor a religion; it is > > supposed to be for all regardless of religious or political bent > > and the organisation responsible for promulgating it should always > > be neutral and NOT engage in anything partisan. This the TMO did > by > > getting involved in politics which was, of course, a crass attempt > > at getting publicity in order to "sell" TM and other TM ancillary > > programs. You know it, I know it, and Beth Littleford knows it. > > > > > Um... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4) selling soap and candy bars with the name/brand most > > associated > > > > with the TM program; > > > > > > > > > > Fund-raising efforts... > > > > > > ...sad that the organisation responsible for promulgating the most > > important self-development technique ever (IMHO) stoops to such a > > silly level... > > Been an MAK user for years. My twice-yearl strep throat infections > haven't come back since I started. I'm happy to donate to the cause > in exchange for that. Go right ahead. But it has nothing to do with TM. And with limited resources you'd think that the TMO would stick to just doing ONE thing: promulgating TM. Instead they cut themselves incredibly thin doing 100 things under the sun. > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5) generally making the TMO a cult. > > > > > > Already the case, in most people's eyes, even by before the > Sidhis > > > were introduced... > > > > > > Oh, I certainly disagree with that. The Sidhis were introduced > > around 1976 and, for the first time, an organasation responsible > for > > spreading a self-development program was on its way to becoming > > mainstream. And the Sidhis themselves didn't blow it but the way > > that one of the Sidhis -- the flying technique -- was introduced, > > did. > > Most press believe that the Sidhis were introduced AFTER initiations > slowed down. This is my recollection as well. The TMO was getting > less mainstream anyway, IMHO. ...in '75 and '76 initiations were at their peak. That's when the sihis were introduced... 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/
