--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall <thomas.pall@> wrote: > > > > I certainly was told that I'd be able to fly once I completed > > my TM Sidhi course. Year after year, starting with the first > > preparatory courses then going on to the CIC courses. I've > > seen numerous TMO websites where flying was stated. > > My suspicion is that these claims were never run > past the TMO lawyers until after the fact; that is, > until after TBs had printed up the posters or made > the websites and put these claims out in public. > > My further suspicion is that the TMO lawyers looked > at the claims, looked at the reports of actual flying > from the course (none), and then proclaimed, "I don't > think we have to worry about it. Anyone who is willing > to spend several thousand dollars on a course that > promises him he will FLY is far too guru-whipped to > ever sue us for fraud, even though technically that's > what it is. So there is no problem. Keep doing what > you're doing, Maharishi." Then the lawyers would sign > their advisory letter with a hearty "Jai Guru Dev." :-)
For the record, the posters reproduced here are *very* early ones that weren't in circulation for long. And at some point the lawyers *did* start worrying, most likely after the TMO *was* sued for fraud by someone who had taken the TM-Sidhis course (e.g., Robert Kropinski; I believe there were some others as well). When I applied for the TM-Sidhis in 1986, I had to sign a statement that I understood no guarantees were being made as to the results of the course.
