On 03/28/2013 03:46 AM, navashok wrote: > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: >> >> >> --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >>> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: >>>> --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: >>>>> http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-40-formerly-incarcerated-youth/ >>>> 40 at a cost of $10,000 = $250 per student. >>>> >>>> 2 other projects: >>>> >>>> http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-25-domestic-abuse-survivors/ >>>> >>>> 25 at a cost of $6,250 = $250 per student. >>>> >>>> http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-18-former-child-prostitutes/ >>>> >>>> 18 at a cost of $4,500 = $250 per student. >>>> >>>> I wonder if this is a matching funds project, or if this >>>> is a new pricing structure for the DLF... >>>> >>>> It seems to me that $250 per student is a reasonable cost >>>> for TM instruction by anyone's standards. >>> While I agree that this is a good sign, and FAR >>> more reasonable a cost for learning to meditate, >>> TM-style, I think your phrase "by anyone's >>> standards" reflects a lack of research on what >>> other types of meditation cost to learn. For >>> example, the results of 30 seconds of Googling: >>> >>> Vipassana Mediation: >>> >>> How much does the course cost? >>> >>> Each student who attends a Vipassana course is >>> given this gift by a previous student. There is >>> no charge for either the teaching, or for room >>> and board. All Vipassana courses worldwide are >>> run on a strictly voluntary donation basis. At >>> the end of your course, if you have benefited >>> from the experience, you are welcome to donate >>> for the coming course, according to your volition >>> and your means. >> And strongly encouraged to give as much as possible to the Buddhists >> creating a great strain in the (mostly) young people who took the course. >> >> >>> Sahaja Yoga Meditation: >>> >>> As far as I know, neither of these organizations >>> has assets in the billions of dollars. Just sayin'... >> Nor do they have techniques that works very well. > Sahaja Yoga or Shri Mataji is not a very good example, because the lady is > really weird and it's really a Hindu cult, BUT, it's free, and it works *very > well* - at least for me. > > I took it, it's a kundalini raising initiation, and what shall I say, it > really did it. I dislike the lady, but the initiation gave me a strong > kundalini experience that lasted for two weeks. I think probably comparable > to Muktananda Siddha Yoga. Btw. she was formerly a disciple of Osho, and then > met Muktananda, but never joined him. > > http://www.rebelliousspirit.com/osho-webzine/1480/show/sharing > >
My tantra guru also had a student who was a juvenile probation officer and had him teach a bunch of those kids meditation for free. One of the major things that happened didn't even involve meditation. He brought a birthday cake to one meeting to celebrate the birthday of one of the kids. The kid was in tears, seems her family had NEVER celebrated her birthday.
