--- In [email protected], Michael Dean Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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.
You DON'T believe it's important how many people are starting TM? And you don't believe it makes any difference in terms of trends in the world? Too bad. I do. > > 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/
