> shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip]
> Thankfully the recerts (why do I think of "Blade Runner" and other > science-fiction every time I hear the term "recerts"?) won't have to > worry to much about it because no one is beating down their doors to > get to TM. > > Gee, I wonder how many initiations have been done in the USA since > the recert course...20? 30? Hmmmmmm. I don't know much about the whole USA, but here where I live in southeast Florida, the two recertified teacher couples who teach in the three local counties (Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade), population about 3+ mil- lion, have taught around 30 over the past year. I know because of seeing the attendance and response at some of their intros, because of the new meditators regularly showing up at the weekly Sunday night group program and pot-luck social that I sometimes attend, and because of the teachers' reports of when they've had courses and how many have started in response to private conversations I have with them. Although it would be theoreti- cally possible that they are conning me and making these numbers up, from both the direct evidence I've personally seen, and from my interaction with these teachers and sense of their integrity when talking privately with me - I believe my numbers to be accurate. Plus they've had about 25 sidhas and governors take a weekend residence course as a sidhi refresher course with TM-sidhis teachers, about 4 medi- tators take the TM-sidhis course (with the final block in Fairfield), and one local adult meditator moved last week to Fairfield to attend MUM to finish her bachelor's degree and stay for graduate degrees in ayur vedic medicine. Two of my clients are being initiated this month - both are middle-class working people and the course fee didn't phase them. At least one took advantage of the Citibank financing option: no payments for 9 months, then around 5-6% interest with monthly payment. Everything I've reported in this paragraph I've personally witnessed or verified. I don't have any reason to believe that my local area is all that differ- ent from many other areas with recertified teachers around the country. The local teachers here, although very nice, are not masterful promoters or organizers or speakers - so I would guess that their response is aver- age - similar to the response in other places around the country. So if we've had around 30 initiations this past year, you do the math for the USA. How many places in the U.S. have recertified teachers - 50??? I still don't believe that it's important how many people are starting TM, or that it makes any difference in terms of Maharishi's assignment to make a shift in the trends of the world - but I saw apparently inna- curate information being posted and thought I'd report what I know. Namaste, Michael PARA - THE CENTER FOR REALIZATION and THE RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTE Michael Dean Goodman, Ph.D., D.D., Director Boca Raton (Palm Beach County) Florida 561-350-3930 (messages received 24 hours a day) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spiritual guide (ashtanga yoga/meditation, tantra, vedanta, ayur veda...) Counselor * Author * Speaker/Educator Satsang * Workshops & Retreats * Classes * Private Educational Sessions Clients and programs throughout the United States, Europe, and India Working in person or by phone Free initial consultation to discuss your needs and goals 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/
