--- In [email protected], ffia1120 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Michael Dean Goodman <Tantra@> > wrote: > > [Big Snip] > > But one's emotional interpretation depends on what spin you're trying > to give it > > [Big Snip] > > REASONABLE ESTIMATE: 7750 PEOPLE LEARNED TM IN THE U.S. THIS PAST YEAR
I think you're about 7,000 people too high. > > > > Back to our main story: > > In my original post (and now amended to use the higher initiation num- > > bers), I went on to take this fact (number of local initiations) and > ex- > > pand upon it: 50 initiations here times 155 similar TM-teaching loca- > > tions around the country (see www.tm.org) = 7750 people starting TM in > > the U.S. this past year (not counting the black market initiations). > > Since the Movement is so good at blowing its own horn -- I think most > people would agree they've got it down to a science -- why aren't they > talking it up, issuing press releases and telling all the Invincible > America course participants about these initiation numbers? > > Why, at 35+ years on, would the Movement suddenly stop blowing its own > horn about the success of the recertified teachers? > > The Movement has a major credibility issue not only with those who do > not follow it any longer, but even the TBs are cynical or at least wary > of claims made by the TMO -- even if the claims are true. > > One case in point: Any idea when those pundits are going to show up in > FF? I was recently cleaning out some saved e-mails and found one from > Diane Comey announcing: "The Pundits Are Coming!!!!" So where are they? > A lot of the faithful who would truly LIKE to be faithful have lost > faith and moved on. > 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/
