Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari
In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike Scozzari TM Center Deerfield Beach, Florida www.bay3.com/tm As many have heard, I have been asked to cease and desist teaching TM by the TMO attorneys in Iowa. Their demands include that I destroy all teaching materials and that I no longer use their registered service marks for TM and Transcendental Meditation. With the new project for teachers to re-certify and teach, teachers who, like me, were made "teachers for life" by Maharishi, were all told we must no longer consider ourselves teachers. The re-certification course as you may have heard was $2K and $4 depending on how many people you have taught in the past 2 years for $2500 each student. Once completed, re-certified teachers were required to teach full time, meditate 7 hours per day, open up 5 spas, raise 1.5 million for a peace palace, go to Holland for a month and become a raja after which you would be required to wear robes and a crown and have others bow to you. Teachers were required to teach according to gender, males teach males, women teach women and all in a building with an east entrance (TMO websites detail the entire thing). Teachers were promised salaries of $2000 per month if nobody takes TM and $4000 a month if you teach 2. Three months after it's start all salaries were discontinued and teachers who quit their jobs had to find work once again. ++see Chandler letter below It's nonsense. Teachers like myself have not done anything wrong. Most on my list know I have continued to provide basic and advanced instruction and have maintained the traditional teaching. Every teacher knows what it's like to try and make a living teaching. I will never charge anyone $2500 - never! I would need cold water running through my veins! It's wrong and people don't deserve it. It makes perfect sense to me having taught over 4000 people, that teachers should be able to keep all the money for instruction encouraging students to then take TMO sponsored follow-ups like the TM- Sidhis and advanced techniques. This way everyone wins. Teachers need to make a living. When did the policymakers forget that? The fees today are 6 times what they were in 1993. I have invested a small fortune to keep teaching in the area since 1989. My Bell South bill is $150 per month. Recently my Bell South rep called to say he received a call from Joan Rothenberg who accused me of violating the TM trademark, that I was not legally allowed to do so and that she and her husband Stuart were the new teachers in Boca Raton. This quote appeared in my January 06 newsletter: Still the Same Maharishi has done something that his predecessors did not do. He provided a technique and a knowledge program while maintaining the ancient traditions. With all the research available, TM is still the best technique for relieving stress and developing inner potential. The packaging and marketing changes over time but the essential message remains the same: meditate and enjoy. When Coca Cola introduced New Coke, the public was split on what they preferred, new or old Coke. Old Coke was introduced as Classic Coke and remains the same today. Transcendental Meditation can be offered to the general population or the wealthy, no harm. But the essential teaching is here to stay. Keeping this teaching alive worldwide is the goal of all the teachers. Competition is good and if it leads to more people learning, no harm. As stated previously, our office teaches TM at reasonable rates. It's available for everyone. Please keep us in mind and know that we are here to stay. We hope you can join us for programs that enrich and refresh, inspire and expand. Take advantage of your membership and keep the teaching alive by meditating twice a day and radiating the benefits in your life. Mike Scozzari If Stuart Rothenberg and his wife want to teach TM, there is no reason to push the existing teachers aside. If the truth be told, I would ask Stuart why he moved from North Carolina to Lancaster, MA and fired the staff at the ayurvedic health center as well as ask Jay Glasser, MD to leave after years of medical service there. It's unfortunate. The directors called me to tell their story. The claims against me re trademark infringement are just the opinions of the TMO and their attorney. I can email you the attachments. No court order has been issued yet. IF AND WHEN I GET THE COURT ORDER, I will need to show the court the true details of my claim which will only cause the TMO to look foolish as each attorney has agreed with me. I have the support of certain media as well including a publicist with the San Francisco Examiner who would like to really go wide on this entire issue. She agreed nothing printed unless I say so. The
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari
In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike, remember you are not alone in this fight. You're the point man but only in front at this time. There will be many ex-TM teachers who will rally around such action, including us. Many will be willing to speak out against the TMO. But we must all face the fact that this will be bad press for the TMO AND for all of us. It's the unfortunate truth. The other thing is this: do we really want to be associated with all the new crazy stuff in the TMO? Farrokh Ruffina Anklasaria The Enlightened Sentencing Project St Louis, MO Why not open your own TM center , no matter how small and quaint across the street or next door to every Peace Palace offering the same TM for 1 or 2 hundred dollars and put up a big sign out front advertising such. Let them draw the public to their Peace Palace with their advertisements andlet the public see your place with TM at a fraction the cost. heheheheheheheehehe! This should be done at every Peace Palace or store front. Competition is the American way! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari on 2/4/06 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike, remember you are not alone in this fight. You're the point man but only in front at this time. There will be many ex-TM teachers who will rally around such action, including us. Many will be willing to speak out against the TMO. But we must all face the fact that this will be bad press for the TMO AND for all of us. It's the unfortunate truth. The other thing is this: do we really want to be associated with all the new crazy stuff in the TMO? Farrokh Ruffina Anklasaria The Enlightened Sentencing Project St Louis, MO Why not open your own TM center , no matter how small and quaint across the street or next door to every Peace Palace offering the same TM for 1 or 2 hundred dollars and put up a big sign out front advertising such. Let them draw the public to their Peace Palace with their advertisements and let the public see your place with TM at a fraction the cost. heheheheheheheehehe! This should be done at every Peace Palace or store front. Competition is the American way! I used to do that when I was driving a Pied Piper ice cream truck in New Jersey. Id park right next to the Good Humor man. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari
In March 2005 the TMO announced a re-certification requirement for all teachers. Teachers report there was no refresher in job skills and it was all about money. Of the 40K teachers in the US, only 340 took the course. The TMO is guilty of not providing any job security and therefore can not be relied upon as a valid employer - and the organization has demonstrated it is not a responsible employer with a long history of promises never kept. This my legal advisors claim is a very important detail for a judge to have. This and another point that got truncated are interesting legal points. The TMO never directly supported any TM teacher in any way whatsoever. They provide the knowledge but give no material support and expect teachers to follow their dictates. I think the TMO has essentially zero legal ground to stand upon. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari
Hey if they want to pay me $2000/month to bow down to a Raja, I'll do it. For $4000/month I'll do it twice. Sal On Feb 4, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Rick Archer wrote: -- You were instructed by Maharishi, 30 years or so ago, to teach TM once you fulfilled the requirements of your TTC etc. The TMO's arbitrary ruling of new requirements 30 years later, requirements that include bowing to a Raja for your area, teaching full-time only, at a salary of $2000 set by the TM movement