--- In [email protected], Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not just teach it for free or for whatever the person wants to give > you? >
******* People totally immersed in material thinking do not value what does not cost them, something which MMY found out early in the movement (saying -- paraphrasing -- "I gave them a pearl, but they regarded it as worthless, and threw it away"), which is why he began a reasonable fee for instruction so that people would not start casually, but consider, because they had to cough up some money that could otherwise be spent on stuff, whether expanding their awareness was something they wanted to do. Of course, the current fee for instruction is too high, but free, or pocket change, is not the right price...the price has to be just enough to eliminate casual acceptance of instruction. > Peter Sutphen wrote: > > > I've been thinking for the last several years that I'd > > like to start teaching TM again. Of course I would > > have to do it outside of the constraints of the TMO > > and its insane $2500 fee. I'd probably charge $325.00 > > for a working adult which is the going rate for a > > weekend seminar in this area. Of course I'd do it for > > less if the person couldn't afford it or if they were > > a student or retired. George asks a good question. > > Anyone familiar with the legal assaults in the US or > > elsewhere that "independents" have experienced? > > -Peter > > > > --- George DeForest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > . > > > > > > > marwincornyarmand wrote > > > > > > > > kicked out of TMO 3 years ago, > > > > because I refused to sign an agreement > > > > with the TMO, due to the prices and > > > > the focus on money all the time. > > > > After I was kicked out, I have been > > > > initiating openly outside the TMO > > > > sometimes for a little money sometimes > > > > for free. That made a lot of noise from > > > > the TMO, with threats, lawyers, you name it. > > > > I won - the TMO lost. I am very happy > > > > > > i am curious, in what sense did you "win" > > > over the TMO? was it a "moral victory" > > > where you just persevered and nobody > > > was gonna stop you? > > > > > > or was it a legal victory, setting a legal > > > precedent for "independent" TM teaching. > > > > > > a friend of mine has been teaching TM > > > at the old rates for quite some time, and > > > he is always busy initiating new people. > > > > > > i would like to tell him about your legal > > > victory, if thats what you meant ;-) > > > > > > g. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
