Re: [FairfieldLife] Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:06:43 -0700


On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Michael Dean Goodman wrote:

shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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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.


It would depend on the area. I have a home there and have lived on and off in the "Gold Coast" of FL for the last 30 years.

It's one of the wealthiest areas of the country. Presumably this is the sector TM is marketed towards and only 30 a year are taking it in that area? That's a very small amount. I would guess comparison to SSRS's technique would be apropos here--how many do you think he's initiating in the same time period? I would guess many more, maybe hundreds of times more. Unless the other recerts have a similar demographic area in terms of wealth, I'd guess you're right, the same or less, depending on demographics. Otherwise, probably less

It looks like TM is truly on the way out. Rather sad, but thanks for the update Michael.

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.


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