[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
“We will count ourselves successful only when the problems of today's world are substantially reduced and eventually eliminated and the educational institutions of every country are capable of producing fully developed citizens.” -Maharishi, from the founding catalog of Maharishi International University, 1974 > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "Buck" wrote: > > > > One sentence! > > Version: > > > > "Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential > > of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system > > of > > Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a > > foundation > > coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation > > and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh > > Yogi for developing consciousness." > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > >"Buck" wrote:> > You know, to get it (MUM's mission statement) down to one sentence took a lot > of work. It's their words in one sentence that do remain but I had to > jettison all sorts of their hyperbolic rhetoric and whole sections about > their life-supporting behavior in alignment with natural law to make it work. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yep, that perfectionist social and moral TM behavior 'in alignment with natural law' stuff of course does not work anymore given all that we know now about their imperfect behavior and the dissonance running with that,(the sex, money and power). Those later TM-movement sections on behavior don't wash clean anymore. The perfect behavior parts just plain need to be cut out of it to keep the mission focused on facilitating meditating and consciousness-based education. The perfect behavior 'natural law' stuff is evidently out the window now in this day and age of the internet. It gets in the way of consciousness-based education and meditation. The perfect behavior stick should just be dropped. It's not supportable alongside consciousness-based education and meditation. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in > > > > > > > > > > > > question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good for what? > > > > > > > > > > > Internal consumption? > > > > > > > > > > > Clear guidance? > > > > > > > > > > > Mission? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be > > > > > > > > > > able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a > > > > > > > > > > single sentence." -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence > > > > > > > > long. > > > > > > > > 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. > > > > > > > > 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Having a clearly articulated mission statement > > > > > gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, > > > > > evaluate, and refine all of one's activities." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will > > > > have these characteristics: > > > > > > > > 1 Uninspiring. > > > > 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. > > > > 3 They are unintelligible by "outsiders". > > > > 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases." > > > > > > > > > > There, that is the movement's MUM mission statement. Pretty clearly the > > > Movement's web page version of mission is to re-enforce people who are > > > already tru-believers. It's for internal consumption mostly. > > > > > > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will have these characteristics: 1 Uninspiring. 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. 3 They are unintelligible by outsiders. 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases. There, that is the movement's MUM mission statement. Pretty clearly the Movement's web page version of mission is to re-enforce people who are already tru-believers. It's for internal consumption mostly. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
You know, to get it (MUM's mission statement) down to one sentence took a lot of work. It's their words in one sentence that do remain but I had to jettison all sorts of their hyperbolic rhetoric and whole sections about their life-supporting behavior in alignment with natural law to make it work. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will have these characteristics: 1 Uninspiring. 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. 3 They are unintelligible by outsiders. 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases. There, that is the movement's MUM mission statement. Pretty clearly the Movement's web page version of mission is to re-enforce people who are already tru-believers. It's for internal consumption mostly. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote:
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or, Version II: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@... wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or,
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. Absolutely. The MUM Trustees if they had balls should have Craig Re-write that cluster fucker of a mission statement in to something that is readable. -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able:
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
Zippy's Mission Statement: http://www.dougsworld.com/zippy/yow.gif --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community,
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
Who needs Craig Pearson when better candidates are available? http://lineout.thestranger.com/files/2008/07/rednecks.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will have these characteristics: 1 Uninspiring. 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. 3 They are unintelligible by outsiders. 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: Feste, thanks for pointing out the actual text in question. I agree with you. It's pretty good. Good for what? Internal consumption? Clear guidance? Mission? Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be able to describe the (charity's) purpose and mission in a single sentence. -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint. Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will have these characteristics: 1 Uninspiring. 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. 3 They are unintelligible by outsiders. 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases. There, that is the movement's MUM mission statement. Pretty clearly the Movement's web page version of mission is to re-enforce people who are already tru-believers. It's for internal consumption mostly. One sentence! Version: Maharishi University of Management was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals by developing the potential of consciousness within every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I, was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable cult. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or, Version II: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education http://www.mum.edu/cbe.html , that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation http://www.mum.edu/tm.html and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: * Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior * Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically * Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. * Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. or, Guess which version is on the MUM.edu web page? Version III: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society by developing the full potential of consciousness in every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the complete study of consciousness in simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or, Version II: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education http://www.mum.edu/cbe.html , that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation http://www.mum.edu/tm.html and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: * Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior * Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically * Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. * Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. or, Guess which version is on the MUM.edu web page? Version III: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society by developing the full potential of consciousness in every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the complete study of consciousness in simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@... wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or, Version II: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education http://www.mum.edu/cbe.html , that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation http://www.mum.edu/tm.html and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: * Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior * Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in
[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 's Mission Statement redux
Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed. Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all as if I were an outsider looking in. You know, walking in the shoes of another. Trying to empathsize with an outsider looking in. I found the empathetic reading almost impossible. It is a bunch of cult-speak to anyone looking in. So, I then took a swing at distilling some core things down using their essential language that is there but slimming down the hyperbolic TM-movement-ese. Version I was the straightest most secular I could get in one sentence using their words. Version II is the mission statement off the web page. Version II is un-readable. Version III was in between I and II editing in progress. I'm just trying to help. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that actually appears is not bad at all: About the University Mission Statement of the University Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while promoting all good in society. We have pioneered a unique system of higher education, Consciousness-Based education, that systematically cultures students' full creative intelligence, the basis of learning. Consciousness-Based education gives traditional academic study the foundation of complete knowledge of consciousness coupled with simple, natural, scientifically validated technologies for developing consciousness. These technologies are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying. This integrated approach develops students' ability to manage their lives successfully, to grow steadily in health, happiness, and wisdom, and to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Our unique educational programs fulfill a commitment to four broad areas of responsibility: Holistic development of students cultivation of consciousness, mind, body, and behavior Academic excellence training at the forefront of knowledge in each discipline and in the ability to think critically and act effectively and ethically Scholarship that expands the domains of knowledge, expressed in all four areas of scholarship discovery, teaching and learning, integration, and application. Improved quality of life for the individual, the community, the nation, and the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote: I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the mission statement is different from the strategies employed to pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the tactics followed to implement the strategies. This statement makes the usual mistake that most committees make, which is to fail to differentiate among those elements, and instead pile them all into one clusterfuck of a sentence. Craig knows better. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, which (?) version is more read-able: Version I: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system of Consciousness-Based education giving traditional academic knowledge a foundation coupled with the study of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation and other scientifically validated practices taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for developing consciousness. Or, Version II: Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to fulfill the highest ideals of education. Foremost among these ideals is developing the full potential of consciousness in every student to help students develop the ability to think and act in accord with the laws of nature and to live fulfilled and successful lives. This fulfills the long-sought goal of education: to produce fully developed individuals, citizens who can fulfill their own aspirations while
