--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" > <jyouells@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm relutant to bang on the same old drum, but it's > difficult > > > > > > to attract the young at $2500 + $3000 plus dome fee per > seat. > > > > > > All new flying halls will do is add more to the real > estate > > > > > > portfolio. Makes me wonder what the real intent is, > because > > > > > > the disconnect to too big to understand. > > > > > > > > > > So, you don't believe that David Lynch is donating money to > > > > > get kids of all ages to learn to meditate? > > > > > > > > It doesn't *matter* what David Lynch is donating money > > > > *for*. All that matters is what the TMO will do with > > > > the money. The TMO doesn't *care* about any of these > > > > new meditators; it cares only about real estate. > > > > > > It doesn't matter what the TMO does with the money: David > > > Lynch's foundation is paying for *initiations*. > > > > On the subtle level of feeling/intuition, doesn't it strike > > you as odd that someone would need a foundation and or > > loans to pay for initiation? > > You're talking "feeling" and "intuition" to a TB? > Bite your tongue. They operate on a higher level: > blind faith. :-) > > But it's rather a good point. If it were *not* for > David Lynch (the man lots of "feeling, intuitive" > people here like to look down upon because of the > content of his movies), would there be *any* people > learning TM in the United States?
Mike Scozzari was teaching a few and look what happened to him. Everthing written is PR about real estate, meditation is hardly mentioned. And no, I haven't seen any pundits lately either. Bramahastans, corridors, palaces and a foundation to be initiated - it's more like a ReMax commercial than anything else. > > No one will ever release actual statistics of how > many people are really learning TM these days, > because to do so would reveal the emptiness of the > TM PR blurbs, but I'd be willing to bet that all > but a handful are paid for by David Lynch. And *he* > is doing it because he realizes that the TM move- > ment can no longer be trusted to do it themselves. > > Say what you will about his odd tastes, the man > puts *his* money where his beliefs are. He could > be taking his money and investing it in real > estate the way the TM movement does, but he's not. > He's actually doing something to help people. The > day the TM movement does the same, it'll regain > a tiny bit of its vanished credibility. > I understand what he's doing and admire the fact he's figured out a way to do it, but it still boggles the mind that he has to do it that way. JohnY 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/
