--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dream on brother. > > > > But thanks for posting those links to the youtube clips > > from the David Lynch Foundation Conscert for teaching > > 1 million children Transcendental Meditation. > > Speaking of "dream on," Nabby, you DO realize > that as well-intentioned as this fund-raising > concert was, it only raised enough money to > teach 5,000 kids to meditate, right? > > $3,000,000 / $600 = 5,000 > > Wouldn't it be a magnanimous gesture for the > TM organization, if it believes so strongly > in this project and its stated goal, to lower > the price to what other introductory meditation > courses cost in the United States? > > $3,000,000 / $60 = 50,000 > > That's a tenfold gain in terms of the number > of kids learning TM. And that's what the TMO > *wants*, right? You and others have been very > vocal that they're not really "in it for the > money," right? > > Heck, since that's their "real" intention and > desire in all of this, why not teach for free? > > The David Lynch Foundation could use the 3 mil > as operating overhead and go around setting up > potential courses at schools, and then the TMO, > which last I checked has over a *billion* dollars > in assets and thus ain't exactly hurtin' for cash, > could realize its stated goal of teaching TMO to > a million kids MUCH more quickly. > > Would you support such an idea, Nabby? > > If not, why not?
Yep, it would make perfect sense for the TMO to pony up the balance for the (where's my hanky) "at risk children". It would make sense if that was really the goal. However, the goal is the same as it ever was...to enrich the Shrivastava/Varma clan. And I really have to hand it to them! They've taken a page out of Scientology celebrity worship and realized how effective it can be when used for fund raising. It was a great concert. Too bad the celebs were duped into thinking the money is going to kids.
