--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > College kids these days aren't spiritual seeks, by and large. They're > > on a career track and not many are going to rush off to spend 8 hours > > a day meditating. > > That's a silly and unfounded over-generalization, Rick, and New's > right...you could easily have said that about us, or about anyone at > any time. > > Maybe the reason nobody's rushing to this course is because it sounds > boring and not terribly healthy to sit on your ass for 8 hours a day > (not to mention it might also be because the TMO has a rep for being > manipulative and dishonest.) If hardly anyone our age wants to > participate, it should come as no surprise that people younger and more > active would be turned off. > > Sal
I think Rick is correct. If you go to any of the saints (incuding the Dalia Lama) touring the USA, the average hair color is gray. I think AMma has more young people than most. Back in the 60's and 70's, the average attendee was 18-25yrs old. Yoga classes are by and large populated by middle aged women. The current younger generation in college now is not only career minded- but also service minded, as in volunteering and "doing good deeds." Much more so than the Boomers, who wanted to do good by meditating, getting doped up, refusing to go to war. I don't know what it would take to tip the balance for the younger kids, but so far they are more interested in cation/karma and not interested in spirituality/meditation- at least not in large numbers. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
