At the end of my TTC, in June, 1971, I vaguely remember Jerry Jarvis dictating sometning to us in which we promised to work for the Students International Meditation Society (SIMS), International Meditation Society (IMS) and Spiritual Regeneration Movement (SRM). I don't thihk Jerry liked having to add SRM in!
Peter's point about the movement NOT keeping it's promises is a MAJOR point in many people's minds. In fact, in my opinion, it's the primary reason so many of us have had to bail out in various ways at various times. Here are Some of the major promises I can recall being made and the movement squelching on. Anyone who can think of others please post them. 1) Initiators were asked to *loan* the movement their ATR resources to go out on peace projects to Nicaragua and Iraq (others please chime in here). We were PROMISED we would get it all back. For some people who had accumulated a couple of thousand dollars of ATR credit this was a massive loss. 2) In 1982, in order to induce people to move to Fairfield, Maharishi, with his own mouth, promised all those who would be good enough to pack up their lives, lock stock and barrell, and move to Fairfield to help establish a group of 1600 would have *wealth and wisdom* squared. I know for myself, and many hundreds of others who ended up, a mere few years later living in abject poverty, doing the shittiest of jobs in sub-zero weather, living in sh*Tholes, and eventually having to leave and get a life, this promise never occurred. 3) People, self-included, who were on Vedic Atoms, were sent to go to the giant Vedic Science course in India. Many hundreds of people got really sick and ended up having to leave. I left after 9 weeks. I was told I had to pay the movement back $3000 or I would never be allowed on a course again. Who got called and forced into this situation was totally arbitrary. 4) I know people, actual real people, who paid the $3000 and then a year later were told they had to pay back $3000. When they told the movement that they already had, they were told there was no record of it and some people actually paid it back twice. I was one of the people who actually paid the money, I got one of these calls, and fortunately (and amazingly) I had the receipt for the money order. I wish now I'd never paid it back. 5) In the beginning of 1988, Maharishi set up a Vedic Health Practitioner Training course in Seelsiberg, Switzerland. In a conference call with him, that I and many many others heard, he PROMISED that all those people who went on that course would gain both the knowledge AND ability to diagnose and treat people the ayurvedic way and when we got back, just six weeks later, we would be trained to earn a good living. All that happened, as far as I can tell, is we spent another $4000, certainly the PROMISE was not fulfilled. --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "bmorry2000" <bmorry2000@> > wrote: > > > > we definitely signed something in 1977 when I became a teacher > > agreeing only to teach within the movement. but, never got a copy > > for our own reference..... > > > > > > A reminder of a promise made. POssibly not legally binding, but > should give one pause, IMHO, before setting out as an independent > teacher. > > This has nothing to do with trademarks, as far as I know. > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 3/6/06 10:06:46 A.M. Central > > > > Standard Time, > > > > fairfieldlife@ writes: > > > > > > > > on 3/5/06 11:38 PM, Marek Reavis at > > > > reavismarek@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was made a teacher in Fiuggi in June of 1972. > > > > I'm pretty sure I > > > > > remember Jerry talking to us at some point about > > > > our obligations to > > > > > the teaching and Maharishi in a somewhat > > > > legal-sounding way but I know > > > > > that we never signed any document. > > > > > > > > I was made a teacher in Estes Park, December, 1970, > > > > and we signed one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was made an initiator also in June 1972 in Fiuggi > > > > and we never signed > > > > anything. We were read a long "vow", so to speak, by > > > > Jerry, to agree to teach TM > > > > only within the confines of the TM movement as I > > > > recall. I don't remember if > > > > the vow was too Maharishi or to the laws of Nature > > > > or just what. I had been > > > > rounding for 9 months and didn't have an attorney to > > > > explain to me what I was > > > > verbally agreeing to and never saw it in writing. > > > > > > I know it contained a phrase to the effect of " on the > > > altar of Guru Dev..." I was Seelisberg, 1973 having > > > started out in LaAntilla, then Punta Umbria. > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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