---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
I think its because Doug actually believes yagyas work. I suspect as much too but there's no harm in trying to get people thinking about it. Loads of religious groups believe in the power of prayer but how many make a point of charging large sums of money for it? Most do it as a charitable effect because they believe in it. Getting a yagya is almost a reflex action in the TMO now. I know someone who got one for her elderly cat when it was ill. They'll take anyone's money for anything it seems. And given the amount of yagya's required by all the many national programme's and then all the extra ones people buy to help them get a job/wife/life/health etc I wonder whether they actually get done at all, there aren't that many pundits are there? Now that would be a fraud but a clever move on behalf of the TMO. Truly money for nothing. I also know people who think the TM ones are too expensive and order cheaper ones off supposed pundits on the internet. They always ask me not to tell anyone in case the movement finds out but I wonder if some bright sparks have found a way to line their pockets for doing nothing. I sometimes wish I had some criminal inclination, I could make a fortune but I'm too honest. Actually I'm happy that I'm too honest, who would want wealth when it's been separated from people who don't know any better? From: salyavin808 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Commencement ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : It was apparently the suggestion that MIU/MUM has gotten its accreditation by bribery with cash and whores that outraged our Dome Centric friend here on FFL. Of course that was satire, but were it to turn out to be fact in part or in whole I would not be surprised. Actually that would surprise me but I got the humorous intention behind it. Especially as it was adapted wholesale from the bit that "Buck" posted. It's funny how Doug can get upset about an obvious joke like that but not get upset about the news that the national yagya program (cash for completely ineffectual prayers) costs people he probably knows millions every year. The fact that the supposedly scientific MUM hasn't even attempted to validate such an impressive cash cow surprises me. They try and prove that other supernatural powers exist but here's an obvious one that would elevate their standing in the world of science immeasurably. Proving the efficacy of prayer! They'd be legends overnight and people would flock to the movement and bring about the golden age in a heartbeat.. I suspect that there's a reason they haven't attempted to validate this and that is that even they know it's a load of deluded crap. That's people you know Doug, getting conned. Doesn't that rile you at all? It does me. Other parts of my post were also intended as humor but are fact such as calling the Movement a neo-Hindu cult, which it is. From: "anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Commencement Wrong Buck, I said I sometimes miss satire, but I got this one. If you do it right anyone can be put on. Sometimes I get it, and sometimes I do not. The difference in MJ's comments that he truly believes are right and satire is a subtle one but to detect the difference you cannot be so locked into refuting or suppressing comments that you disagree with. This is called identification with thought, which is the main reason people are in ignorance. When in ignorance you think what you think is true. That is, you think an opinion about something is true or false even when that opinion is totally frivolous. Even well-substantiated, 'informed opinions' can be wrong. Spiritual books and movements are riddled with idiotic ideas. Scientists come up with idiotic ideas, but they are always trying to prove them wrong, only the best ideas survive in science. Wisdom is learning to sort them out. Spiritual groups tend to avoid finding out if their idiotic ideas are wrong. It is a basic psychological tendency we have that has to be retrained to moderate our gullibility. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Dear MJ; No, yours appearing here was a flat out slur and you are diving for cover now trying to say it was satire. Even Anartaxius with his enormous intellectual power here is saying he missed it entirely as satire. What you dropped as a rhetorical IED here does not even come close to satire. Unqualified as you dropped it in here on a Yahoo-groups its effect quite evidently is to damage in slur MUM and those associated with it. ..A Slur: an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation. ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : It is satire and not meant to be taken as gospel. From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Commencement I doubt that, MJ. You are calling in to question the integrity of the whole of the accreditation system by saying that. Your assertion likely is just one of those folk stories that people will tell and repeat. Rather, your response here without any qualification seems just a slur. Who offered the bribe and who took it and did anything with it? It very likely would be criminal if it happened. Which accreditation team was it? Which year? ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : Marshy University of Management (MUM) in Fairfield, IA is a private, accredited (by paying bribes of money and hookers to key members of the accreditation board) university featuring Bull Shit Woo Woo-Based education, designed to develop the student’s total potential for becoming a sheer idiot. The curriculum offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in the arts, sciences, humanities, and business, but also integrates unproven and highly questionable mind altering practices. All students, faculty, and staff practice the Transcendental Meditation® technique, which turns a person into a brain dead bliss ninny, debilitates their health to the point that we can sell them yagyas and various and sundry nostrums, and enhances their ability to believe damn near anything we tell them. Other innovations include taking one course for 3-1/2 weeks with a three-day break between each course which is a classic mind control technique as it allows us to control the flow of information, and organic high carb, low protein vegetarian meals to weaken their systems, making them more susceptible to mind control. Visitors Weekends are held throughout the year. Come on down and join a neo-Hindu cult! From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 7:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Commencement Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in Fairfield, IA is a private, accredited university featuring Consciousness-Based℠ education, designed to develop the student’s total potential. The curriculum offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in the arts, sciences, humanities, and business, but also integrates self-development programs. All students, faculty, and staff practice the Transcendental Meditation® technique, which develops integrated brain functioning, promotes wellness, and enhances learning ability and academic performance. Other innovations include taking one course for 3-1/2 weeks with a three-day break between each course, and organic vegetarian meals. Visitors Weekends are held throughout the year. For more information, call the Admissions Office at 800-369-6480 or visit http://www.mum.edu http://www.prweb.net/Redirect.aspx?id=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tdW0uZWR1. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : This year's graduation at Maharishi University of Management will be live-streamed on the Internet for those who can't attend. The ceremony will be this Saturday, May 23, starting at 1:00 pm CST Former Japan Prime Minister to Address Record Number of Grads at 2015 Maharishi University Commencement http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12725731.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12725731.htm Former Japan Prime Minister to Address Record Number ... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12725731.htm Dr. Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister of Japan in 2009–2010, will deliver the Maharishi University of Management commencement address on May 23 a... View on www.prweb.com http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12725731.htm Preview by Yahoo
