Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-02 Thread nablusoss1008
@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude to the fact that Peter and you are both former TM teachers, and you say that TM is too expensive? Maharishi set

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-02 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude to the fact that Peter and you are both former TM teachers, and you say that TM is too expensive? Maharishi set

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-02 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014   Hmmm... ~8000 adults and a few thousand students learned TM in 2012. At full price, that's 8000 x 1500 = $12,000,000 + another few million for the kids. That's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:20 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude to the fact

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after paying TM teachers, advertising, etc., the MF netted about $800,000 for 2012.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on a semi-permanent basis, so obviously, money isn't as big a deal as you seem to think. As long as they can make expenses and keep

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on a semi-permanent basis, so obviously, money isn't as big a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Amen Turq! From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
. From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:24 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014   Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
is. From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014   I'm sorry, did it sound like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after paying TM teachers,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:24 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : I completely disagree about TM not saving the world... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201212/can-meditation-change-the-world Meditation is path to peace, Mozambique

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very interesting research, Richard, thanks for posting. And I do think all this online, interactive communication is still uncharted territory. Need to hook a few of us up to an fMRI machine (-: On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:46 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:33 AM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated TMers fall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:42 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 4:01 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 9:25 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Very interesting research, Richard, thanks for posting. And I do think all this online, interactive communication is still uncharted territory. Need to hook a few of us up to an fMRI machine (-: The secret study by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, I'm repeating myself here, but I do think that often us oldsters simply want to share with others what we have found to be good in our lives. An interactive, online group seems perfect for that. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:12 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
If the hatred he displays towards people who practice other forms of meditation weren't *enough*, he's a greedy, money-grubbing fuck to boot. On 7/1/2014 5:06 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Amen Turq! Don't you just hate it when other people are happier and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 07/01/2014 01:09 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 5:09 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Just because TM works a little slower than MMY thought it would, doesn't mean it's not having a substantial impact. Is that a joke? I can't tell with you. Maybe you rely on the Global Good News site for your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 5:17 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Get real - look again at Fairfield - when the pundits had their little riot, there were 300 pundits doing TMSP every day plus another 200 regular sidhas/governors doing TMSP in the Domes PLUS the uncounted other

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/1/2014 5:09 AM, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Just because TM works a little slower than MMY thought it would, doesn't mean it's not having a substantial impact. Is that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 I'm sorry, did it sound like I was defending any aspect of the Maharishi Effect

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
While these are preliminary studies, to say that TM isn't a good system is to ignore the results found in the War refugees in Uganda. In the first study, 90% of the TMers became non-symptomatic on the PTSD Scale-Civilian (PCL-C) after only 30 days practice, and remained that way at 135

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread nablusoss1008
@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:20 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 3:30 PM, salyavin808 wrote: Nice to see Peter Russell again. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him - on this forum I mean! His book got me into TM. I liked it's down to Earth no nonsense explanations, except for the dubious whimsy of the sidhis chapter he added later

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 11:01 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 I find it amusing that both of you seem

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude to the fact that Peter and you are both former TM teachers, and you say that TM is too expensive? Maharishi set the price at $2500, but that price has steadily dropped

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
paid in 1967 would be worth $247.92 today. From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:20 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
be in today’s dollars? *From:*FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] *Sent:* Monday, June 30, 2014 12:20 PM *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014 At the very end you allude

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Back in the day teachers got some of that money back from teaching. Then with the first graduating class of MIU it was declared that the centers should be given over to the graduates to run and teach. Most of them were inexperienced kids with no real world experience. It wasn't just the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 12:40 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Thanks for the update on the prices. They do seem to be getting pretty reasonable. What would $35/$75 in 1970 be in today’s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-06-30 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Inever heard about that. What I did hear about was that Maharishi wanted teh TM centers to be run by a local council of meditators and sidhas, rather than the TM teachers, who would devote their time to teaching rather than the day-to-day affairs of the center. THAT was what TM