--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of boo_lives > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 10:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding the world with organic agriculture > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > just like MMY predicted. I guess he IS right once in awhile, eh? > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ywdbob > > ??? First, MMY came 30 yrs late to the organic scene and isn't really > doing much now. If you ask any organic expert to name the top 100 > people in the field, not one would name MMY. Second, what exactly did > MMY predict and what does it have to do with an article on the > potential benefits of organic agriculture?? > > This was corroborated by a friend of mine, who is working to promote MUM's > organic/eco curriculum. When he started his job, he figured that MUM would > be a vanguard in the field, but as he began to look into it, he realized > that MUM was not on the cutting edge at all and had a lot of catching up to > do. But still, I really admire the efforts MUM is making in this regard. If > they stick to it, this area could be a major attraction for potential > students. As it is, the main thing keeping the university alive is the > international students coming to study computer science. Most of them aren't > much interested in meditation. They just want to get into the US and get a > good education. So such a large contingent of kids with a ho-hum attitude > toward meditation definitely effects the vibe on campus. >
MMY's ADHD will continue to enable the decline of MUM student enrollment in this regard. How many times have we seen the following: He gets all excited and puts his attention on something like the agriculture department. This attracts attention, money, and expertise to the area. Perhaps a major is developed for the students. Everyone is gung-ho. But then what happens. Maharishi's attention gets diverted to something else. And everyone's attention follows it. Not only is the agricultural thing no longer getting his attention, MMY will come out with an edict that everyone is to drop what they are doing and devote themselves to the new "next big thing" he has just attached himself to. So half the students and half the faculty that were in the agriculture thing drop it. The major never is developed to any great extent and not only doesn't the school rack up any "reputation" in this area -- something that is vital for any school to have in at least one area -- but it gets negative goodwill in this regard. The TMO landscape is filled with the pock-marks of abandoned MMY projects and MUM is the perfect example.
