[FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
All great billionares have said that wealth that came from society should go back to society. In that sense the economic system should mirror the eco-system. The point is only capitalism has the capability to actually generate wealth. The paradox of communism is that disciplined regulated consumpion is neutralized by wasteful inefficient production processes. The paradox of capitalism is that efficient production is cancelled out by wasteful crass consumerism. Crass consumerism leads to crass commercialism. Crass commercialism leads to hyper-exploitation of resources, hyper-advertisments. --- LEnglish5@... wrote : Of course, MMY never advocated renouncing wealth. In fact, he carefully marketed TM as a technique for householders -people for whom wealth was important because they were interested in physical comfort, raising kids in a comfortable and safe environment, etc. According to theory, the excesses of amassing wealth for its own sake would tend to fade with TM practice, being a symptom of a stressed out nervous system (even the amassing of wealth for its own sake is arguably a stressful thing, making wealth-obession a stress-related illness that TM should help fix directly). L --- blue_bungalow_2@... wrote : http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg --- mjackson74@... wrote : One more note, Mr. Nameless Director of Operations, your assertion on funding by the NIH - to be funded by the NIH, rigorous assessment is performed by highly experienced scientists. If the research was bogus or deeply flawed, the research would not be funded or published. This is, quite honestly complete bullshit. All one has to do to get funding by the NIH is to know how to write a grant proposal. That's it. Here are just a few things the NIH has funded over the years, some of them nearly as stupid as funding research on TM. The National Institutes of Health paid researchers $400,000 to find out why gay men in Argentina engage in risky sexual behavior when they are drunk. Researchers at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute, funded by NIH, investigated why “young heterosexual adult men have problems using condoms.” Price tag? $423,500, according to NIH records. The NIH also once spent $442,000 to study the behavior of male prostitutes in Vietnam. The NIH once spent $800,000 in “stimulus funds” to study the impact of a “genital-washing program” on men in South Africa. I realize that your much vaunted master Mahesh Prasad lied like a dog all the time, so it could be you are lying as is our tradition but for your own sake, at least make the prevarications somewhat credible. --- infor cwae infocwae@... wrote : I am the Director of Operations for the school meditation project in San Francisco that uses TM, where the students were found to be the happiest in the city. I would like to try and correct some misunderstandings that may have occurred as a result of certain comments made here recently. 1. There is a post that suggest we 'stole' couches from a one of the high schools we worked in. This is incorrect. We purchase used couches from outside sources, specifically for the Quiet Time program. We own them. 2. That the windows and doors in the rooms we used at a high school were papered over so that no one could see in, and that the school had to remove the papering after we left. A single door to a small room was partially papered only during training sessions to reduce the distraction from other students walking by during passing period. This paper was taken down each day, and was not remaining after the meditation training staff left the school. 3. That we had been kicked out of at least 2 schools in SF since Jan of this year. One school decided to discontinue the Quiet Time program at the end of the spring semester due primarily to a vote from faculty regarding time constraints. There are many schools throughout CA and nationally requesting the program, so we only work with those that are able to fit it into their schedule. After providing this to 7,000 students, teachers, parents and administrators for the last 7 years, we have had over a 90% program satisfaction rating. An extremely small minority of parents, teachers and administrators have had issues with the program, usually because of biases or misunderstandings. 4. That most of the research referenced by the TM organization is either bogus or deeply flawed There are over 100 studies on TM published in reputable, peer reviewed scientific journals indicating various positive mental and physical health effects. Research has been done at Stanford, Harvard, University of California and other reputable institutions. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded over 24M worth of research into TM and heart health. In order to be published in peer reviewed journals or to be funded by the NIH, rigorous assessment is performed by highly experienced scientists. If the research was bogus or deeply flawed, the research would not be funded or published.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
Just gotta riff on the cartoon, which contains what's gotta be the most demeaning devotional job ever -- halo-carrier. You walk along behind your Master all day, holding a halo over his head and being farted on. Now *that* is bhakti. :-) From: blue_bungalo...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
This would be funny, if you weren't pathetically trapped in waking state. Did Lenz fart a lot?? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Just gotta riff on the cartoon, which contains what's gotta be the most demeaning devotional job ever -- halo-carrier. You walk along behind your Master all day, holding a halo over his head and being farted on. Now *that* is bhakti. :-) From: blue_bungalow_2@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
On 10/11/2014 6:52 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: This would be funny, if you weren't pathetically trapped in waking state. Did Lenz fart a lot?? /It's just another example of Barry's prejudice against Hindus. Everyone knows that carrying an umbrella over the head of SBS was the most devotional job ever; or carrying a skin for MMY to sit on. In Barry's case, to guard MMY's door in a hotel for a few hours; or tack up a few posters for Lenz. Apparently the Lenz farts were so strong that the whole lecture hall turned a golden brown color, to the point where even the security guards noticed it. Go figure./ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Just gotta riff on the cartoon, which contains what's gotta be the most demeaning devotional job ever -- halo-carrier. You walk along behind your Master all day, holding a halo over his head and being farted on. Now *that* is bhakti. :-) *From:* blue_bungalow_2@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:08 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: (399652) The Happiest school in San Francisco
Of course, MMY never advocated renouncing wealth. In fact, he carefully marketed TM as a technique for householders -people for whom wealth was important because they were interested in physical comfort, raising kids in a comfortable and safe environment, etc. According to theory, the excesses of amassing wealth for its own sake would tend to fade with TM practice, being a symptom of a stressed out nervous system (even the amassing of wealth for its own sake is arguably a stressful thing, making wealth-obession a stress-related illness that TM should help fix directly). L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blue_bungalow_2@... wrote : http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg http://assets.fundoofun.com/wallpapers/Cartoons/800x600/guru_small.jpg
