The "millennial generation" likes to "dabble" so long term commitments like TM won't appeal to them. Plus they certainly can't afford TM as they also can't afford to pay off their student loans because they can't find a job even with that degree. So if someone who knows how to teach meditation and maybe sets up a free or $25 weekend workshop they might go for that. They do seem to like to learn some yoga especially if it is free.
We are indeed entering into a new age. Maybe everything will be "openly sourced." Maybe we will live in a "collective" where everything is shared. Many of these younger folks are already doing that. On 03/03/2013 11:04 AM, seekliberation wrote: > Agreed. Until 50 Cent and Lady Gaga start, I don't anticipate much progress. > And even if they did promote TM, I don't think the current generation has > the interest or curiosity to match the 60's or 70's generation. It was a > different time and a different crowd. Times have changed. > > seekliberation > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: >>> Or from "Twin Peaks": >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKZzKLpNII >> :-) >> >>> On 03/03/2013 07:26 AM, merlin wrote: >>>> http://kennethwestlee.com/2013/02/28/transcendental-meditation-becoming-popular-again/ >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> Then I discovered TM (Transcendental Meditation). The >>>> first thing I learned was, The Beatles did it. Then I >>>> learned Jim Carey, Russell Brand, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen >>>> DeGeneres, Russell Simmons, Clint Eastwood, Dr. Oz, >>>> and lots of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies practice >>>> and advocate like mad for TM. >> One of the things that amazes me about the people who >> keep forwarding articles like this is that they don't >> seem to realize that everyone on their lists of "famous" >> meditators is OLD AS FUCK. >> >> The youngest on this list is Russell Brand, at 38. Ellen >> DeGeneris is 55. Dr. Oz is 53. Oprah is 59. Jim Carrey >> is 51. The Beatles are so old that many people under the >> age of 25 have never heard of them. >> >> Put aside the absurdity of deciding to learn a technique >> of meditation because a famous person says so. That's so >> retarded as not to require comment. But to pretend that >> TM is "becoming popular again" when the only people they >> can come up with to shill for it are OLD AND IN THE WAY, >> and in many cases old enough to be the parents, grand- >> parents, and (with the Beatles) even great-grandparents >> of kids these days? That's kinda pathetic. >> >> Try to imagine TMers trying to pitch this shit to people >> of high school age or early college age who may well have >> heard of NONE of these people, let alone be impressed by >> what they might think of anything. Kids these days would >> look at them as if they were insane. And with reason. >> > > ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com 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: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
