Jeez, so much for their credibility. Really, they don't need to do this kind of stuff. What are they thinking when they do it? It is sucho blatantly dishonest thinking. Who would actually take the time to edit like this and think they were going to pull something over? Bobby? Mario? Craig? Ken? They do TMO PR, is it their thinking and hands on it? This is just really bad. Shame on them folks that they would think like that and do it. It is so twisted. Is it such a cult? Evidently.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a typical move, Global Good News has simulated a reprint of this > article from the NYT, but all negative news has been deleted -- > specifically, the inconclusive research on TM at the U of Michigan > noted in paragraph 19, and the student who was interested in > learning TM only until he found out it costs $2500 (next-to-last > paragraph in original NYT article): > > http://tinyurl.com/89ykj > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/giving/14koppel.html > > ******************** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/giving/14koppel.html > > > > > > > > > Earth's Future Peacemakers Just Need a Little T.M. > > > ⢠Sign In to E-Mail This > > > ⢠Printer-Friendly > > > ⢠Save Article > > > By LILY KOPPEL > > > Published: November 14, 2005 > > > DAVID LYNCH, the filmmaker known for his distorted, labyrinthine > worlds, > > > wants America's young people to clear their minds. > > > The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and > World Peace, > > > formed in July, is raising money to bring Transcendental > Meditation to > > > students from first grade through college. Mr. Lynch's vision > involves raising $7 > > > billion and creating universities dedicated to earth's future > peacemakers. > > > "Diving within" to the "energy" and "bliss" is how Mr. Lynch, > who has been > > > meditating for 30 of his 59 years, puts it. He hopes "diving > within" will be > > > standard in every student's curriculum. > > > "Pouring water on this root, these kids," he > said. "Enlightenment is the > > > fulfillment of the most exquisite machine on earth. Any human > being can visit it. > > > Anything that is a thing emerges from this thing." > > > Mr. Lynch's explanations are certainly imaginative, a film of > his mind: "The > > > word transcending is the key to it, to the very deepest, most > profound eternal > > > level"; "It's not a joke. It's a thing that works. Mankind is > not meant to > > > suffer"; "This is an ocean of bliss. It's like grabbing onto the > biggest elec > > > trical line filled with bliss." > > > Mr. Lynch, who is working on a film "Inland Empire," practices > T.M. 20 > > > minutes twice a day by sitting in a comfortable position, > closing his eyes and > > > repeating a mantra. He says it allows him to enjoy "the doing of > things" more. > > > "If somebody is a filmmaker, they get rid of things like deep > fear, anxiety, > > > frustration," he said of meditation's benefits. "It's the real > deal. The whole > > > enchilada. You will fall deeper into the film." > > > Notoriously reclusive, Mr. Lynch has come on stage to spread > > > Consciousness-Based Education with fall speaking tours to > universities on the East > > > and West > > > coasts. "I really think it will change the world," he > said. "It's all > > > imagination." > > > The Lynch Foundation, with assets of about $410,000, has awarded > so far > > > $25,000 each in seed money to seven schools, three public > charter schools, three > > > public schools and one private school for children with learning > disabilities, > > > all of which requested help. Only two of the charter schools > agreed to discuss > > > their meditation program publicly because the other five schools > were involved > > > in research studies related to T.M., the foundation said. > > > "We have not gotten so much yet," Mr. Lynch said. "But there are > indications > > > that we are going to do really well." > > > Several of the seven schools received matching grants from other > foundations > > > and philanthropists who partnered with the Lynch Foundation. > > > "He is going to revolutionize education in America," said Dr. > George H. > > > Rutherford, principal of the Ideal Academy Public Charter > School, an elementary > > > and > > > middle school in Washington. > > > Dr. Rutherford said that many foundations call to donate > computers, but what > > > he needs is Transcendental Meditation so that the students can > concentrate > > > better to use the equipment. "T.M. helps to reduce the stress > that creates > > > problems," he said. > > > A meditation component is written into Ideal's charter, which > was approved by > > > the Board of Education and the Charter Association, both in > Washington. > > > Researchers at the Maharishi University of Management in > Fairfield, Iowa, will > > > measure the effects. > > > To train teachers and fifth- and sixth-grade students, Ideal > received $75,000 > > > - $25,000 from the Lynch Foundation and a larger partnering gift > from Jeffrey > > > F. Abramson, a principal in a Washington real estate company and > the Abramson > > > Family Foundation, a founder of the United States Holocaust > Memorial Museum. > > > After completing training, homeroom teachers will lead > meditation, a new age > > > variation on the Pledge of Allegiance. > > > Training is led by instructors from the Maharishi Vedic > Education Development > > > Corporation, also in Fairfield, Iowa. The seven-step program > costs $2,500 a > > > student. > > > Last month, a Lynch Foundation's gift of $25,000 went to the > Nataki Talibah > > > Schoolhouse of Detroit, a public charter school, which > previously received T.M. > > > financing from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund and the > General Motors > > > Foundation. > > > The Lynch gift of meditation was for Nataki seventh- and eighth- > grade > > > students who worked as a nonmeditating control group in a 2002 > study tracking the > > > "social-emotional competencies" of the meditating students > conducted by Rita > > > Benn, director of the Education Center of the Center for > Complementary and > > > Alternative Medicine at the University of Michigan and a > clinical psychologist. > > > The > > > study was inconclusive, but the students in the group wanted to > experience what > > > their peers had felt. > > > Carmen N'Namdi, a co-founder and the principal of Nataki and > vice chairwoman > > > of the board of the National Charter Schools Institute, said > that just a few > > > of her parents connected T.M., a secular practice, with > religion, and she > > > anticipated none would question Mr. Lynch's artistic work. > > > The Lynch Foundation is partnering with other philanthropists to > grant > > > another $25,000 to the University of Michigan, Yale, Emerson > College and other > > > colleges to help train students in meditation. On Mr. Lynch's > recent visit to East > > > > > > Coast schools, he was a draw for film students and seekers > alike. Mr. Lynch, > > > Mr. Abramson and others are also supporting an American > University study on > > > T.M. on college students. > > > David Jacobson, 22 , a senior film student, attended Mr. Lynch's > T.M. lecture > > > at New York University. He said he was there because he admired > Mr. Lynch's > > > films. After hearing that two of his biggest heroes, Mr. Lynch > and Roy Orbison, > > > once meditated together, he said he got curious about T.M. until > he learned > > > from the Maharishi Institute that the full training cost $2,500. > > > "I feel like this is part of something big he is doing," said > Mr. Jacobson, > > > to friends who were discussing their awe of Mr. Lynch while > questioning his > > > eccentric role in education. "Like taking over the world." > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! 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