[FairfieldLife] The agreement signed by the recertified TM Teachers

2009-04-19 Thread TurquoiseB
An anonymous contributor to the TM-Free blog 
has submitted what appears to be the actual
legal agreement signed by the 300+ TM Teachers
as part of the first recertification course.

This is IMO relevant to the latest DLF efforts
because it can be assumed that 1) only official
recertified TM Teachers will be allowed to
teach TM to students as a part of the DLF prog-
ram, and 2) what they *agreed to* to *become*
recertified teachers might just be relevant 
to what it is that they will actually teach 
or promote *in addition to* TM.

Please bear in mind when reading the following
agreement that the marketing plan of the TMO
when it was signed was to sell TM in shopping
malls. Each of the recertified teachers sign-
ing this agreement then, and presumably signing
similar agreements in the time since, were agree-
ing to work full-time for the TM movement, in
exchange for $4000 a month for life. (This was
seemingly revised after the fact to become not
a fixed salary but a percentage of the income 
generated by their efforts.) Thus *some* of the
particulars in the agreement below are no longer
in effect, the ones dealing with setting up
enlightenment franchises in shopping malls.

HOWEVER, what I would like to see the TM supporters
on this forum explain is the agreement to offer
the 55 Peace Palace services and types of products.
Having signed a legal agreement to do so, WHY in
your opinion should we expect these recertified
TM Teachers to limit themselves to teaching ONLY
TM to the students involved in the DLF program?
Having signed this agreement or one similar to
it, are they not legally and morally bound to 
sell *other* TM products and programs as well?

Will they attempt to segregate the Quiet Time
classes by gender, as they have agreed to do below,
to maintain the two channels of activities—for 
men and ladies? Will they pressure the students
(as they agreed to do) to invest in World Peace 
Bonds, donations, and membership fees?

Which do you think will win out for these 
teachers -- the charter of the David Lynch Foun-
dation to teach TM and only TM, or their previous
agreement with the TM organization to offer the 
55 Peace Palace services and types of products
and do the *other* things they agreed to do?

I wait with 'bated breath to hear the TM supporters
give their opinion on these questions.

**

RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE AGE OF 
ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE AUSPICIOUS DAY OF 
R#256;M NAVAMI OF THE VEDIC CALENDAR

I resolve today on the auspicious day of R#257;m Navami 
of the Vedic Calendar, April 18, 2005, to be an 
exponent of Total Knowledge of Natural Law for my 
city and for the 4-5 surrounding towns of which I 
will take care—to bring all the programs of Vedic 
Education, Vedic Health, Vedic Architecture, Vedic 
Organic Agriculture, Vedic Music, Vedic Economy, 
and Vedic Administration, as brought to light by 
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, by establishing 
Peace Palaces that will bring enlightenment to the 
population under my care and create a powerful 
influence of harmony and coherence and permanent 
world peace with Invincibility for every nation. In 
order to achieve this, I will dedicate myself full 
time to the activity of Director of the Peace Palace, 
and undertake to start my activity by:

• Maintaining my long program morning and evening

• Never engaging in anything that I know to be wrong

• Renting space for a Peace Palace office in a mall 
or similar facility

• Arranging for secretarial services for each location

• Advertising in local and regional newspapers, amongst 
others

• Offering the 55 Peace Palace services and types of 
products in each Peace Palace

• Opening a local bank account

• Maintaining the two channels of activities—for men 
and ladies

• Finding 4-5 assistants initially, and soon after, 
4-5 assistants for each location under my care

• Engaging 4 massage therapists straight away for the 
first location, and soon after, for each location 
under my care

• Locating the land for Peace Palace construction and 
for Peace Colonies to offer Vastu homes to the 
population of the city

• Using the computerized system of administration

The 55 items of activity and services of the Peace 
Palaces include the World Peace Bonds, donations, and 
membership fees, which it will be my joy to utilize 
in raising at least one half the cost of one Peace 
Palace in order to have a groundbreaking ceremony 
for that city. I will go on to join the Raja 
Training—having organized the construction of the 
Peace Palace to start and be completed by the time 
I finish my Raja Training Course. Having undergone 
this recertification program I will take all these 
steps so that, on this Guru Purnima, the full moon 
of July 2005, my city will welcome the descent of 
Heaven on Earth—the descent of Satya Yuga saying 
bye-bye to Kali Yuga.

I pay homage to Guru Dev and the Holy tradition of 
Vedic Masters through all the levels of 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The agreement signed by the recertified TM Teachers

2009-04-19 Thread Sal Sunshine

On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:29 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:


An anonymous contributor to the TM-Free blog
has submitted what appears to be the actual
legal agreement signed by the 300+ TM Teachers
as part of the first recertification course.


Thanks for posting this, Barry--very enlightening,
so to speak.  I too await the answers to your questions,
but am not real hopeful.  Look for, why should we
answer questions that are deliberate set-ups type
of replies, and then the usual attempts to distract
via the meta-discussion route.

Sal



Re: [FairfieldLife] The agreement signed by the recertified TM Teachers

2009-04-19 Thread Kirk
It's too vague to be legally binding. Any document including the terms 
heaven on earth or satya yuga, etc, could never be proven in a court of law. 
It's just a statement of intent, not legally binding.


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Subject: [FairfieldLife] The agreement signed by the recertified TM 
Teachers


An anonymous contributor to the TM-Free blog
has submitted what appears to be the actual
legal agreement signed by the 300+ TM Teachers
as part of the first recertification course.

This is IMO relevant to the latest DLF efforts
because it can be assumed that 1) only official
recertified TM Teachers will be allowed to
teach TM to students as a part of the DLF prog-
ram, and 2) what they *agreed to* to *become*
recertified teachers might just be relevant
to what it is that they will actually teach
or promote *in addition to* TM.

Please bear in mind when reading the following
agreement that the marketing plan of the TMO
when it was signed was to sell TM in shopping
malls. Each of the recertified teachers sign-
ing this agreement then, and presumably signing
similar agreements in the time since, were agree-
ing to work full-time for the TM movement, in
exchange for $4000 a month for life. (This was
seemingly revised after the fact to become not
a fixed salary but a percentage of the income
generated by their efforts.) Thus *some* of the
particulars in the agreement below are no longer
in effect, the ones dealing with setting up
enlightenment franchises in shopping malls.

HOWEVER, what I would like to see the TM supporters
on this forum explain is the agreement to offer
the 55 Peace Palace services and types of products.
Having signed a legal agreement to do so, WHY in
your opinion should we expect these recertified
TM Teachers to limit themselves to teaching ONLY
TM to the students involved in the DLF program?
Having signed this agreement or one similar to
it, are they not legally and morally bound to
sell *other* TM products and programs as well?

Will they attempt to segregate the Quiet Time
classes by gender, as they have agreed to do below,
to maintain the two channels of activities-for
men and ladies? Will they pressure the students
(as they agreed to do) to invest in World Peace
Bonds, donations, and membership fees?

Which do you think will win out for these
teachers -- the charter of the David Lynch Foun-
dation to teach TM and only TM, or their previous
agreement with the TM organization to offer the
55 Peace Palace services and types of products
and do the *other* things they agreed to do?

I wait with 'bated breath to hear the TM supporters
give their opinion on these questions.

**

RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE AGE OF
ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE AUSPICIOUS DAY OF
R#256;M NAVAMI OF THE VEDIC CALENDAR

I resolve today on the auspicious day of R#257;m Navami
of the Vedic Calendar, April 18, 2005, to be an
exponent of Total Knowledge of Natural Law for my
city and for the 4-5 surrounding towns of which I
will take care-to bring all the programs of Vedic
Education, Vedic Health, Vedic Architecture, Vedic
Organic Agriculture, Vedic Music, Vedic Economy,
and Vedic Administration, as brought to light by
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, by establishing
Peace Palaces that will bring enlightenment to the
population under my care and create a powerful
influence of harmony and coherence and permanent
world peace with Invincibility for every nation. In
order to achieve this, I will dedicate myself full
time to the activity of Director of the Peace Palace,
and undertake to start my activity by:

. Maintaining my long program morning and evening

. Never engaging in anything that I know to be wrong

. Renting space for a Peace Palace office in a mall
or similar facility

. Arranging for secretarial services for each location

. Advertising in local and regional newspapers, amongst
others

. Offering the 55 Peace Palace services and types of
products in each Peace Palace

. Opening a local bank account

. Maintaining the two channels of activities-for men
and ladies

. Finding 4-5 assistants initially, and soon after,
4-5 assistants for each location under my care

. Engaging 4 massage therapists straight away for the
first location, and soon after, for each location
under my care

. Locating the land for Peace Palace construction and
for Peace Colonies to offer Vastu homes to the
population of the city

. Using the computerized system of administration

The 55 items of activity and services of the Peace
Palaces include the World Peace Bonds, donations, and
membership fees, which it will be my joy to utilize
in raising at least one half the cost of one Peace
Palace in order to have a groundbreaking ceremony
for that city. I will go on to join the Raja
Training-having organized the construction of the
Peace Palace to start and be completed