--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I agree with you here. And I find it depressing to think that Lynch, a high- > profile character who can get the attention of young people, then has to watch > all the interest dissipate when the fee is mentioned. I would set if for students > at about $300-400. >
****** I'm OK with Lynch's tour (not all college students are broke, of course), but sooner or later somebody is going to do the math -- Lynch's foundation only has $410K in the bank, so they can only scholarship 164 people, and those will undoubtedly be inner-city kids in the charter schools, not the college kids he is talking to. But, that's the luck of the world in the Kaliyuga -- the transition to enlightenment values can't happen quickly... Bob Brigante http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates.html > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's the headline in Global Good News that's misleading. The > > article itself is > > > clearly a report ABOUT the NYT article. That's quite different. Of > > > course they've mentioned the good bits and omitted the so-so bits. > > There's > > > nothing wrong in that. But the headline shouldn't have been > > chosen to make > > > it appear that it was a reprinted article from the NY Times. > > Perhaps this was > > > just incompetence rather than a deliberate attempt to mislead, > > since the > > > article itself clearly indicates that it is GGN's report about the > > NYT article, not > > > the article itself. > > > > > > > ***************** > > > > Nevertheless, I don't like this stuff at all, because it is not > > useful for the TMO. Everybody who read the NYT article, a much > > larger audience than GGN, saw that there were problems, like the > > student who backed off because of the too-high instruction fee for > > TM. So what this amounts too is one TMer telling the rest of the > > choir that everything is coming up roses, but it ain't. There are > > TMers who read GGN and won't go to the NYT article, and may think > > that it accurately reflects the article -- this head in the sand > > approach can't be useful, and I doubt if the NYT editors like this > > stuff, either, because it amounts to altering the article to fit an > > agenda. If you're going to have a NYT headline, you should > > accurately reflect the content, or at least have a hot link to the > > article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/giving/14koppel.html > > > > > > Bob Brigante > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante > > > > > > > > > > > > FROM GLOBAL GOOD NEWS > > > Earth's future peacemakers just need a little TM > > > by Lily Koppel > > > The New York Times Translate This Article > > > 14 November 2005 > > > On 14 November 2005 The New York Times reported: Filmmaker David > > > Lynch is raising money to make the Transcendental Meditation > > Programme > > > available to students from first grade through college. New York > > Times > > > reporter Lily Koppel said that Lynch wants to make the simple > > mental > > > technique 'a standard in every student's curriculum'. It is a joy > > for Global Good > > > News service to feature this news, which indicates the success of > > the life- > > > supporting programmes Maharishi has designed to bring fulfilment > > to the field > > > of world-peace. > > > Although often described as 'notoriously reclusive', Lynch has > > stepped into > > > the public spotlight by founding the David Lynch Foundation for > > > Consciousness-Based Education and has embarked on a speaking tour > > to > > > universities on the East and West Coasts. His goal is clear: 'I > > really think it will > > > change the world,' Lynch was quoted as saying. > > > The article said that the Lynch Foundation currently has assets of > > about > > > $410,000. To date seven schools have each been awarded $25,000 in > > seed > > > money to begin programmes using the TM Technique. Two of the > > charter > > > schools discussed their programmes with the New York Times > > reporter. > > > Dr George H. Rutherford, principal of the Ideal Academy Public > > Charter > > > School, an elementary and middle school in Washington, DC, said of > > Lynch, > > > 'He is going to revolutionize education in America.' > > > Dr Rutherford said that while other foundations tend to focus on > > providing > > > learning tools (such as computers) to students, the Transcendental > > Meditation > > > Programme helps develop the students themselves. 'TM helps to > > reduce the > > > stress that creates problems,' he was quoted as saying. > > > Researchers at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, > > Iowa, will > > > measure the effects of the meditation programme on students. > > > A second school to receive a $25,000 grant from the Lynch > > Foundation was > > > the Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse of Detroit, a public charter > > school, which > > > previously received TM financing from the DaimlerChrysler > > Corporation Fund > > > and the General Motors Foundation. > > > According to the article, Nataki seventh- and eighth-grade > > students who > > > worked as a non-meditating control group in a 2002 study, tracking > > the > > > 'social-emotional competencies' of the meditating students, now > > want to > > > experience what their peers had. > > > In addition, Koppel reported, the Lynch Foundation is partnering > > with other > > > philanthropists to grant another $25,000 each to the University of > > Michigan, > > > Yale, Emerson College and other colleges to help teach students > > TM. The > > > foundation is also partnering to support an American University > > study on TM > > > and college students. > > > > > > Every day Global Good News documents the rise of a better quality > > of life > > > dawning in the world and highlights the need for introducing > > Natural Law > > > basedTotal Knowledge basedprogrammes to bring the support of > > Nature > > > to every individual, raise the quality of life of every society, > > and create a > > > lasting state of world peace. > > > > > > Copyright © 2005 Global Good News(sm) Service. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > 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! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > > > > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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