--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I can't figure out why everybody (everybody?) is > > > > getting their panties in a bunch over this. If the TMO > > > > thinks that someone is not doing the official TM > > > > program in the dome they don't want them to be there. > > > > Is that what people are freaking over or am I missing > > > > something? > > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > I think Rick is saying that the diksha thing does not apply > during > > > meditation time, but is a laying on of hands thing that is used > > post- > > > meditation, so it would be funny for National to justify banning > > > somebody from the dome because they would not be doing TM during > > their > > > dome time. > > > > > > It's a bogus issue to me either way, because if TMers are > supposed > > to > > > be producing such a powerful influence of coherence, then a few > > people > > > not on the same wavelength would be insignificant, just the like > > the > > > many sleepers or drowsy people in the dome are not an important > > > influence one way or the other. > > > > > > I remember when I used to do group meditation at the TM center > on > > > campus, many of the Chinese and Indian students who did not > > practice > > > TM were nevertheless required to attend the twice daily > sessions, > > and > > > some of them would listen to radios, most would sleep. Didn't > make > > any > > > difference to me, although I thought it was stupid to require > > people > > > to show up for something they had no interest in. > > > > > > > > > How and why would students be at MIU and NOT be meditators? I'm > > confused... > > **************** > > MIU used to give students from poor countries free-ride > scholarships, and many students who had zero chance of getting a > college education otherwise, took MIU up on their free ride offer. > Many of those foreign students displayed no interest in TM, but > there were also a few American students whose parents had sent them > to MIU because the parents were strong meditators and/or the kid had > a drug/behavior problem and they were hoping to sort him out, but > the kid had no interest in TM. > > MUM no longer hands out free-ride scholarships, as they discovered > that foreign computer science students who come here to get a > master's degree could work at full pay in the US for a couple years > without a big visa hassle for them or employers, giving them the > money to pay MUM's full tuition ($25K -- > http://www.mum.edu/compro/fafaqs.html ), which has put MUM on a very > good financial footing, since it only pays low volunteer-wage rates, > even to faculty. In order to cut down on the number of computer > science students who have zero interest in TM, students from Nepal > and Ethiopia are required to practice TM for six months before being > accepted into the master's program: > > http://www.mum.edu/compro/steps.html > > Whether this cuts down on the percentage of students who are only > playing along with MUM, pretending to do TM, I'm not sure. Probably > not, as there a lot of students in these poor countries who will do > or say anything to get into the US and work at our pay scales, while > taking a master's degree and current work experience at US > corporations back to their home countries. >
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