Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed.
Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@...> wrote: > > > > I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that > actually appears is not bad at all: > > About the University > Mission Statement of the University > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh > Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals > is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help > students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of > nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the > long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, > citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in > society. > > We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based > education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, > the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional > academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled > with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing > consciousness. > > These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, > including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability > to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, > and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. > > Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of > responsibility: > > Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, > body, and behavior > Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each > discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and > ethically > Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four > areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and > application. > Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, > and the world. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I > > learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the > > mission statement is different from the strategies employed to > > pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the > > tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement > > makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which > > is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead > > pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows > > better. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Om, which (?) version is more read-able: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Version I: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi > > > Mahesh Yogi > > > to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential > > > of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system > > > of > > > Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a > > > foundation > > > coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental > > > Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Version II: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi > > > Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among > > > these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every > > > student to help students develop the ability to think and act in > > > accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful > > > lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully > > > developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations > > > while promoting all good in society. > > > > > > We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, > > > Consciousness-Based education <http://www.mum.edu/cbe.html> , that > > > systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the > > > basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional > > > academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness > > > coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for > > > developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation > > > <http://www.mum.edu/tm.html> and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic > > > Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to > > > manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, > > > and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal > > > fulfillment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas > > > of responsibility: > > > > > > * > > > Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, > > > mind, body, and behavior > > > > > > * > > > Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in > > > each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act > > > effectively and ethically > > > > > > * > > > Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all > > > four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, > > > integration, and application. > > > > > > * > > > Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, > > > and the world. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > or, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guess which version is on the MUM.edu web page? > > > > > > > > > > Version III: > > > > Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi > > > Mahesh Yogi to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can > > > fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society by > > > developing the full potential of consciousness in every student through > > > a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving > > > traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the complete > > > study of consciousness in simple, natural, scientifically validated > > > technologies for developing consciousness. > > > > > > > > > >
