shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> TurquoiseB 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. >>> >> I'm thinking that Lynch might need a "Kaplan" moment. ;-) >> >> > > Which Kaplan -- Harris or Earl? The one that wrote the letter. I think it was Earl.
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