--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was *very much* engaged in the lifelong mission of > > > teaching that Maharishi is engaged in. I still am. > > > I choose to pay for it myself. So do many of the > > > monks I studied with. We teach because we consider > > > what we have managed to learn along the Way valuable > > > enough that we feel the need to make it available to > > > those who might be interested. And we teach for free, > > > paying for everything ourselves, because we are more > > > than a little weird, and that's our weird idea of fun. > > > > Yes it is a hobby for you. > > It is a full-time, lifetime occupation for Maharishi and his cloned > > teachers. For without that cloning the teaching is small scale and > > ineffective in the long-term. > > The two concepts do not necessarily go together. > You are spouting dogma here. > > It is the dogma of an organization that has managed > to convince its paying supporters that the only > "meaningful" way to teach meditation is to try to > teach as many people as possible, and to establish > an organization to perpetuate this goal for many > years into the future.>>>
Oh very bad dogma and bad idea to teach as many people as possible with a technique for world peace. Should be stopped immediately . <<< Where do you get the money to live day > > to day. > > Duh. I fucking WORK for a living, like all of the > people I teach.>>> Yes it is a hobby for you. Good luck. > > Do you really expect the people YOU teach to fucking > pay for your life?>>> No, I would expect them to pay for my expenses, except children, and if they are above a level of poverty experienced by most people in the world, I would expect them to pay 10% of their profit (notice I said 'profit', not income) in life, towards the organization. Maharishi does not ask for this, as is often asked for in other organizations. With the TM fee the initiate would also at the same time sponsor 100 people in India to learn . This is, in simple form, what Maharishi is doing with his fee. > > Maharishi has taught TM to 100 of thousands (maybe closer ot > > millions) completely for FREE in third world countries(and in some > > cases TM-Sidhis, and TTC). I personally know some of them. He was > > able to do this massive and unparalled - in the history of the > > human race - underataking, by charging the developed countries. > > So how many have you taught for free in third world countries? > > Not very many. But only because I haven't spent very > much time in recent years living in third-world countries. > > Look, dude. I've obviously pushed one of your buttons. > Shit happens. But now that it's pushed, let's wiggle the > sucker a little, shall we?>>> Lol, you never pushed any buttons of mine. I am only using logic, but when logic hits you refuse to see it and start saying stupid things like the above. It is you who are all antsy because I questioned one thing. > > How many people have YOU taught meditation to, PERIOD. In > ANY country? Personally. > > I can number mine in the thousands, using this "small scale" > and "ineffective" method I'm proposing. How 'bout you? > We'll wait... > My point to you was your insistance that everyone should teach for free, and your criticism of Maharishi's methods. You have a chance now to actually think it through. Good luck with teaching TM on your own by the way, I have nothing against it, and I think it is good. You assume a lot in your readin of my posts. 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/
