--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:26:14 -0500 > > > > > To: Raja Michael Dillbeck > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > From: Farrokh & Ruffina Anklesaria > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: Re: Your activities > > > > > > > > > > You and your cohorts should not bother to call us unless you > > have > > > > > been specifically instructed by Maharishiji to do so. > > > > > > > > I wonder what this phrase means, "unless you have been > > > > specifically instructed by Maharishiji." It suggests a continued > > > > respect and affection for Maharishi despite all the policies and > > > > plans that Farrokh so scornfully dismisses. > > > > > > > > Perhaps Farrokh subscribes to the Bob Brigante school of thought > > > > that Maharishi is pure but has surrounded himself with inepts.>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > So if Maharishi called Farrokh to Holland or called him on the > > phone > > > and said , you should charge 2,500 for every instruction and you > > > should get recertified, do you think he would accept Maharishi's > > > instruction.....as a devotee that is, as he appears very much to > > be > > > devoted. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > **************** > > > > The problem is, Farrokh had a successful program going with those > > Missouri judges using TM in sentencing at a couple hundred a pop, > > and when the judges balked at $2500/pop, Farrokh had a real problem: > > either lose much of the judges interest in TM, or go on his own > > teaching TM independently. He chose the latter, and there is a > > possibility that not only is the price different, but other > > compromises may have been made when Farrokh "adapted" TM into his > > program: > > "The Transcendental Stress Management program is an adaptation of > > the Transcendental Meditation program for rehabilitation and > > criminal justice reform." > > > > http://enlightenedsentencing.org/about-us.htm > > > > The judge that is supposedly the head of this Transcendental Stress > > Mgmt program is not a TM teacher, so it's unlikely that all the TM > > guidelines are being followed. The TMO invited the judges to the > > conference to try to talk them into abandoning their effort, most > > likely, but that's probably not going to work. Farrokh was not > > invited because the TMO probably saw him as being irretrievably off > > track because he told the judges how to teach imitation TM. > > >
> Bob, > Do you know that the judges are teaching imitation TM or is > Farrokh just doing the initiating for a reduced fee? I suspect the > latter but I'm only guessing... > > JohnY > ********** I don't know what they are doing -- that's why I used the word "probably" several times. However, in the absence of a specific statement by the TESP people, maybe they dumped the puja in addition to the TMO-mandated fee. I may be overreacting to the prominent display of Judge Mason's photo at the top of the site ( http://enlightenedsentencing.org/about-us.htm ), which would indicate to me that non-TM teachers are driving the organization, and might think that the puja is not essential to teaching TM. Some posters here have indicated an interest in contacting Farrokh -- maybe we'll hear an explicit statement about whether TESP is TM at a lower price, or modified in some way. I'm a little unhappy with the fact that old statements about this TM- in-sentencing thing have been changed to only talk about the "Transcendental Stress Management Program": "By significantly increasing stress-coping ability, enhancing clarity of thinking and enhancing self-esteem, the Transcendental Stress Management program supplements traditional rehabilitative programs. It helps students develop internal counseling "on the streets" to support the external counseling received in traditional programs." Hon. Judge David C. Mason May 7, 1997 ** Originally, this statement said the "Transcendental Meditation Program," not TESP, and there was concern among the judges about the puja: http://www.mum.edu/TheReview/96-97/10-30-96.html#judge Bob http://geocities.com/bbrigante ------------------------ 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/
