> > > Terrorism is the worst it has ever been; Iran > > > and North Korea are boming up with nukes; > > > Robert MacNamarra said that we are in a worst > > > state than in the Cuban Crisis; India has had > > > several floods; T'sunani killed 200K; and the > > > movement is in pieces. And that is off the top > > > of my head. Give me a little while and I'll > > > bulk it up alot more, if you want.>>> > > > > Lol, you obviously don't remember the Cold War. > > Even a highly effective terrorist nuclear attack on US or Europe > > would be small scale compared to the threat of the all out > > nuclear > > war between highly charged superpowers that we lived under for > > decades .... > > ...Yes, I agree, but the wall came down in '89 > after many years of improved relations, starting, > maybe, around '82 ?? > > At this time, the TMO had almost fifteen years of > continuous reasonably adequate marketing during > which vast numbers of people were taught TM, sidhis, > SCI courses weekend courses, WPAs, National Parliaments, > (for what they were worth). It was the TMO at its > best and the wall came down. All I say to MMY is: > "Using your existing ideas, replicate that success > if you can. Do the equivalent of bringing down a wall > or drop back to the methods of the '60s and '70s".
As uncharitable as it may seem, I've always wondered about the chicken-and-the-egg nature of the "Maharishi Effect." As I remember it (which may be flawed since I was in the process of bailing out of the movement at that time), the whole *theory* of not needing to initiate large numbers of people in order to "save the world" arose just after the number of initiations tanked and the TM movement was having serious financial difficulties. Voila! Large numbers of people learn- ing to meditate were no longer needed and relatively expensive TM-Siddhi courses appeared to fill the financial gap. So which came first, the reality that the pricing structure for teaching TM was a failure and few people were starting any more, or the theory that it wasn't *necessary* for large numbers of people to start any more? Whatever the answer (and I really don't know what it is), the bottom line is that around the time of the introduction of the Siddhis, the economy of the TM movement shifted from being based on expansion (more and more people learning to meditate) to being based on maintenance (the existing members being expected to pay all the bills through their continuing purchase of "advanced courses" and TM-related products). This economic theory has not changed since, except to hit up rich people for donations to supplement the ever- diminishing member-supported income stream. My feeling is that such an approach leads not to "main- tainence" of the current number of strong TMers but to "contraction," as the people expected to pay all the bills get tired of it over time and bail out. Badgering the few who remain into paying to be "recertified" at skills they already possess and then working full-time for a movement that doesn't care enough about them to pay them on time will cause even more of them to bail. The operating word really is "sad." Unc 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/
