--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Here's some more Grand Schemes off the top of my head: > > > > > > > > > > > > Malls of America Grand Scheme > > > > > > > > > > > > Tallest Building Grand Scheme > > > > > > > > > > > > VedaLand Grand Scheme > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone add to the list? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi International University Grand Scheme. > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi Vidya Mandir Grand Scheme. > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi's intent to make TM available all over the world > > Grand > > > > > Scheme. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, did you only want examples of things you consider to be > > total > > > > > failures, or do you > > > > > consider the above to be total failures as well? > > > > > > > > Only the last one was a success. > > > > > > And the keyword is "was." As in past tense. > > > > > > How many people on the planet learned TM through > > > the TM organization last month? My bet is less > > > than a dozen. If that. > > > > I would suspect you to be wrong, but can't prove it. > > He probably is wrong, but his point is well taken. > > If it wasn't less than a dozen, it was probably less than 500..and > on a planet with 6 billion people, "less than a dozen" and "less > than 500" is pretty much the same ballpark...
Currently, MMY appears to be measuring someone's worth according to how much they are willing to donate to the TMO. This may not be the case, or it may not be a "good" way of looking at the world, but I'm pretty sure that the average person who can shell out $2500 for meditation instruction is more wealthy and more influential than the average person who can shell out $45 for meditation instruction. IOW, those 500 (outside of India, I assume, since every new semester in India likely introduces thousands of students to TM in the Vidya Mandir school system) are NOT in the same ballpark in MMY's eyes as the ones who would learn if TM were still taught at more reasonable rates. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
