The Invincible America Program also loses participants through "improvements" to the basics. People literally have to be paid to sit through such a boring program.
Better to cut out the non-essential "half time" (show of hands, experiences, commentary, puja, jingle, eating brunch, chatting) and get MORE people in the Dome who really enjoy doing the rounding - and would do so for free - or even pay to do it in a group. The program is not building strong enough people to build a sustainable community. If the Settle Grant had to stop for whatever reason, how many of the recipients could or would continue doing the long program? How many of them built up enough creative intelligence to support themselves in Fairfield and keep the numbers up? --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "allanrosenzweig" <allanrosenzweig@> > wrote: > > > > If people are not rounding, it is because it is not blissful > > any more. > > > > If it is not blissful, it is because the Purity of the Teaching > > has been lost. > > > > The Invincible America program has made additions to "improve" > > it, but have taken away from the purity of the teaching, which > > lies in its simplicity. > > > > In the good old days, when people paid to round, it was because > > it was simple. One round, then the ding of a bell, then a second > > deeper round. > > > > Now it is "improved" by asking for a meaningless show of hands > > for Number 1 experiences. Then an international conference call, > > listening to mostly unenlightened mood making. > > > > Most people love a Puja on special occasions. But every day? > > It loses its specialness. Keep in mind that it was not Maharishi > > who added the Puja. It was added after his passing away, then > > became institutionalized. > > > > Then there is the stupid Heaven Is Descending jingle, which > > flies in the face of the organization's claim that TM is not > > a religion. > > > > The program drags out so long, people have to eat between rounds. > > So during their second round, their bodies are digesting - or > > sleeping. > > > > Better to simplify the program back to the basics. Better to get > > the rounding done by 11:00 so the participants can stabilize. > > Better yet then can do some job, or start a business, to become > > financially self sufficient. Currently many of them are > > cultivating a life style of being dependent, sleeping until noon, > > and will be unable to work if the grant ends. > > While I understand the passion and the sincerity behind > your comments, I have to admit that my reaction upon > reading a description of what "IA" consists of is, > "People are still DOING this shit? WTF?" > > "Pure" or "impure," this is all so yesterday, so "Do > these people still *believe* this stuff?" that I cannot > identify. I guess it's all still of interest if you > believe in the theory behind it, or in the guy who sold > you that theory, but that's not me, so I'm still > stuck on "WTF?" > > I would imagine that 99.99999999% of the world's popu- > lation would join me in a mighty refrain of "WTF?" >
