--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Michael Dean Goodman 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. > > 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.
We can tell you're heartbroken... > > > 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. > 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/
