--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > My guess is that the threat of a lawsuit by the fundies had > > > > more of an impact on killing the TM club than the vocal > > > > ex-TMers. > > > > > > I think you're probably correct. They (the Lynch > > > Foundation) was afraid of having a precedent set. > > > > > > As noble as Mr. Lynch's intent is to help enable > > > more people to learn TM, I can't help but think > > > that his "solution" is ignoring the fundamental > > > problem -- the price is too damned high. > > > > > > As far as I can tell, this $175,000 grant "to the > > > school system" is just a disguise for funneling > > > $165,000 of it ($600 per person instructed) directly > > > to the TMO, > > > > That sounds very sinister. > > It's the reality of the situation. As I understand > the "grant," the school system gets to keep only > $10,000. All the rest of the money goes to the TMO. > > > If Mr. Lynch wanted to "funnel" $165,000 to the TMO, he could have > > done it by just writing the TMO a check for that amount. He would > > have gotten virtually the same tax benefit either by giving the > > money to his foundation first (as he did) and then having the > > foundation pay for the instructions or originally giving the money > > to the TMO. > > Yes, but then 275 people would not have learned to > meditate. I believe that David Lynch honestly wants > *that* to be the effect that giving away his money > has on the world. I also believe that he's hip > enough to know that if he gave the money to the > TMO that *no one new* would start TM as a result. > They'd piss it away on some building or some new > bagpipes for the "Rajas" or send it to India where > it would disappear into the pockets of Maharishi's > relatives. So he's doing what he can to try to get > the TMO to focus on what it should have been focusing > on all along -- teaching TM. > > > I believe the reason he is doing everything through his foundation > > -- as we've discussed here before -- is that he wants more control > > of his own money. > > We are agreed on this. >
We are agreed, indeed. That's why I can't understand why you wrote that the $165,000 was a way to funnel it to the TMO. It seems that it was a way to get people to meditate that otherwise wouldn't have had he "funneled" it directly to the TMO without any conditions attached to it... 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/
