--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > 2. Reason number two is just pragmatic; the words 'false' > > and 'advertising' go together. Whenever something is advertised, a > > subset of its qualities are emphasized. In every case: house, car, > > music, doctor, salad dressing, spa treatment. Its the game of the > > name. So, how else does one advertise yogic flying? Absolutely deny > > the method used, and you'd never buy anything again. > > Since you seem to be comfortable with a broader sense > of "truth in advertising" than some, you might like > this Coke commercial, showing scientifically what > "really" happens inside that Coke machine when you > plunk your money in. :-) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbOLjfKqE5s > > My premise in all of this is that these charts and > all of this science is *NOT* advertising. It's not > designed to appeal to people who don't already > practice TM. It's designed to provide mind candy > for those who already do, and keep them "in the > fold" and ready to shell out more money the next > time The Next Big Thing is announced. > > In other words, these studies are not an attempt > to sell Kool-Aid to the masses. They are an attempt > to keep the people who have already drunk the Kool- > Aid drinking it in the future. > Great ad! Thanks- yep, I see advertising as creative fun and rarely make up my mind based on it.
Regarding your premise, it wasn't my experience even when I was doing work/study for the TMO, so I really can't say. I didn't feel compelled to shell out large amounts of money for courses and things. The one thing I did like about TM and still do, is if you just stick to TM, it is a self perpetuating (Self perpetuating?) technique; no need to contact the TMO ever again. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/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! 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/
