Maharishi always said, "I am WholeSaler of Consciousness.!!". This is what my initator Quoted him saying that decades ago.!!
Why all of a sudden change the tune.?? and cater to elitist snobs.??
Heart of the SETI project.? Carl Sagan's search for extraterrestrials program. They decided to use the computing power of millions of personal computers all over the world.
The massive computing power
of the combined PC's world over, broke the pentabyte barrier. It made the world's most powerful super-Computer look like a bullock-cart in comparison of speed.!!
The combined marketing base of the ordinary class, even if priced cheaper would be far greater that what the elitist snobs could generate.
It makes no sense from the marketing point of view. The elitist snobs could be given special elite courses and that cash-cow could be maintained side by side.??
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:32:47 -0000
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello, I am new here - a fw q's..?
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello, I am new here - a fw q's..?
I can tell you for sure that the high prices come straight from MMY. Many Many people including John Hegelin have tried to convince him that the high prices were counter productive. I heard of one instance where MMY began to leave the room rather than continue a discussion on this subject. At that point the proponents of reasonable prices
relented. Same with raising tuition at MUM. A few years ago he wanted to make MUM an elite university overnight. The plan was to increase cost of attendance 50% to 30K, stop giving university subsidized scholarships, and market to rich families. There was very little
discussion from the faculty (in public). It was just done. I was there. I believe it is true that MMY is surround by people who mostly tell him what he wants to hear. But, on this issue he has gotten a lot of negative feedback, repeatedly over the years.
relented. Same with raising tuition at MUM. A few years ago he wanted to make MUM an elite university overnight. The plan was to increase cost of attendance 50% to 30K, stop giving university subsidized scholarships, and market to rich families. There was very little
discussion from the faculty (in public). It was just done. I was there. I believe it is true that MMY is surround by people who mostly tell him what he wants to hear. But, on this issue he has gotten a lot of negative feedback, repeatedly over the years.
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:15:51 -0000
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello, I am new here - a fw q's..?
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello, I am new here - a fw q's..?
Nope. MMY's stated goal is to appeal to elitist snobs because they run the world. Leaving aside questions about whether or not TM will be of value to them (and thereby of greater value to the rest of the world because the rich and elite are getting something out of their TM practice), the decision to charge lots of money for TM practice to appeal directly to the elite is
perfectly valid and sane.
I mean, do you think your average CEO surfs the net to find minet and learns to meditate from a website, as an extreme opposite-end example? Even if they did, do you think that the CEO of IBM would instruct his employees to go to the same website, or would he hire expensive consultants to teach in-house? Keep in mind that he has to justify ANY expense by documenting it to the board of directors. Where's the 30 year's research on the minet technique documented? Can you PROVE to the accountant's satisfaction that the minet site instructions have the same effect as TM? Can he prove that setting aside 20 minutes
twice-a-day to practice minet meditation is justifiable? He MAY be able to do it with TM, but not with the website technique, regardless of whether or not there is a measureable difference between them. No-one is going to sponsor the measurements in the first place so the assertion can never be proven to the accountants' satisfaction.
Jacking the price of TM up may be a horrible mistake, but it certainly makes sense from a marketing point of view.
I mean, do you think your average CEO surfs the net to find minet and learns to meditate from a website, as an extreme opposite-end example? Even if they did, do you think that the CEO of IBM would instruct his employees to go to the same website, or would he hire expensive consultants to teach in-house? Keep in mind that he has to justify ANY expense by documenting it to the board of directors. Where's the 30 year's research on the minet technique documented? Can you PROVE to the accountant's satisfaction that the minet site instructions have the same effect as TM? Can he prove that setting aside 20 minutes
twice-a-day to practice minet meditation is justifiable? He MAY be able to do it with TM, but not with the website technique, regardless of whether or not there is a measureable difference between them. No-one is going to sponsor the measurements in the first place so the assertion can never be proven to the accountants' satisfaction.
Jacking the price of TM up may be a horrible mistake, but it certainly makes sense from a marketing point of view.
Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> In a Pure Capitalist economy, things are dictated purely by 'Demand and Supply'. In a competitive field where there are 40,000 TM teachers and other Spiritual cults,
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> Is it wise for the TM-org to fix such high, exorbitant price for TM..??
>
> I think, Somebody is misguiding Maharishi.??
>
> In a Pure Capitalist economy, things are dictated purely by 'Demand and Supply'. In a competitive field where there are 40,000 TM teachers and other Spiritual cults,
>
> Is it wise for the TM-org to fix such high, exorbitant price for TM..??
>
> I think, Somebody is misguiding Maharishi.??
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