Made it to the Web site, too. turq, I saw that post to Steve so it must have made it to email. Go figure!
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:20 AM, "steve.sundur@..." <steve.sundur@...> wrote: I would peg new initiations ranging between 10-20/mo., and probably closer to the lower number. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : Thanks. I posted a later correction indicating that it was you I was really asking these questions of, not Michael, but it has never made it to email for some reason. Yahoo sucketh. From: "steve.sundur@..." <steve.sundur@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa and Unity Village Kansas City It was me Barry, and I will speak generally since I do wish to stay somewhat anonymous. But in my area, a teacher has come and generated activity that hasn't been seen in some time. As far as initiations, we are talking on the order of maybe 20/month. And this is in addition to activity that had already been taking place. As far as that activity, (original activity), I have no idea. Fee structure has come down to below $1,000.00, and can be paid in installments. The new activity I'm referring to has nothing to do with DLF. The extent of the "upsell" has to do with Residence Courses. You see some people (old mediators) coming out the woodwork attending advanced lectures, and making referrals. And you see some new outreach having results. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : Can you expand upon this, Michael? - Where do you get your information from about the numbers of people starting TM? - What kind of numbers are you talking about? 10s? 100s? 1000s? - Where is this supposedly happening -- among people from the general public learning TM, or as part of some program offered by the DLF and thus subsidized by donations? - Please expand upon the "fee structure" you mention. What do you believe it costs to learn TM these days, and where can we check this? Thanks. As I've said many times, I would have few problems with the basic TM technique, as long as it was advertised and presented as what it is -- a simple, easily learned technique of sitting meditation, no better than any other -- and offered at a fair price. It's the decades of "baggage" that "comes with" TM and the attempt to "upsell" everyone to buy other TM-related products that I can't support. From: "steve.sundur@..." <steve.sundur@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditating Fairfield, Iowa and Unity Village Kansas City Actually Michael, You might be surprised to know that more people are learning TM than you might have expected. The fee structure has changed, and more people are signing up. I was surprised myself actually, but I have first hand knowledge of this.
