This music video was created by Raja Numan and Raja von Grossoffenheit, who have worked together on several music videos. Mr. Numan writes the song lyrics and Mr. Grossoffenheit puts it together with video editing software.
The video for today is about how donors to the TM organizations and the support of the Global Country of World Peace, are oblivious to the staff and faculty situation. It’s a shame that so many good people, spiritual people who have devoted their lives to further the cause of the movement have been used by the organizations, and then left hanging after they leave the staff or faculty work programs.
This situation demands a 3rd party independent investigation funded by the donors going back 40 years to find out what happened. It would not be enough to just investigate one location for example MIU in Fairfield Iowa, the independent investigation should include Vlodrop, Valkenburg, Seelisberg, and several locations in Germany, Holland, Norway, and other EU locations as well. It would not be possible to get a clear picture without almost all the locations being transparent.
The donors could start by creating a list of locations where staff worked. The list would be the first step. The second step would be to locate several former staff members who worked at each location and interview them. Simple questions could be posed. Can you present me with your staff employment agreements? Did you not have a staff employment agreement? Can you provide me with bank statements proving you received a salary or a cash payout receipt? Can you provide evidence that your employer paid your retirement taxes, and submitted reports to the government(s) about how many months and years you worked there? What were the minimum wage laws during your employment and how much did you get in cash or into your bank? How much did the TM organizations deduct from your salary for food and accommodations?
Was the worker aware of these numbers and did he get a monthly statement about his tax or other deductions? The workers may not have written statements, but they should remember if they got those or not, and they should remember if they had employment agreements or not. As much evidence should be gathered as possible directly from the workers, bypassing the TM organizations themselves.
This would have to be done voluntarily, where the former staff members have no fear of being excommunicated from the TM organization. Perhaps the donors have enough clout with the TM organizations to lead this independent investigation. Then again the donors may not want to deal with the whole issue and wish to be blissfully ignorant of everything. We leave it to the donors to decide and organize themselves together into an investigative group. The TM organizations may not like this method of finding out what happened.
Well, if the donors cannot or will not begin such a process, someone else may, and probably such an investigation will not be so loving and helpful to the TM organizations.
So here is the music video for today: Unseen by donors
Please also view the previous videos which can be found under the media:songs menu point.
(Verse)
Golden crowns atop their regal heads,
Kings of TM, enlightenment they spread,
But their karma tarnished, their actions unjust,
Ignoring ethics, their principles they distrust.
(Pre-Chorus)
Fifteen years have passed since Maharishi’s fall,
Yet the staff workers’ plight, they choose to stall,
Retirement benefits withheld, their future in strife,
The kings turn a blind eye to their unjust life.
(Chorus)
Unseen by donors, the injustice prevails,
Behind the scenes, the staff’s burden entails,
Ignorance shields them from the truth untold,
The karma of the kings, their souls unfold.
(Verse)
Enlightenment knowledge claimed, a facade,
Yet ethics and morals they carelessly discard,
Staff workers suffer, their rights denied,
While donors unknowingly fuel this divide.
(Pre-Chorus)
Fifteen years gone, no resolution in sight,
The kings’ inaction casts a shadow, a blight,
Unaware, the donors contribute in vain,
To a movement tainted by unjust gain.
(Chorus)
Unseen by donors, the injustice prevails,
Behind the scenes, the staff’s burden entails,
Ignorance shields them from the truth untold,
The karma of the kings, their souls unfold.