Two clubs I belonged to once upon a time: SIMS - Students International Meditation Society
MMMS - Merry Marvel Marching Society Club I wish I had remained with: MMMS - It had more to offer by far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB_v5w9NwUU ________________________________ From: "lengli...@cox.net" <lengli...@cox.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 3:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Spiritual Practice Well, what is "at cost?" TM costs $1500 max per person. The DLF teaches it for free. The scale ranges somewhere in between that for most people, and given that I've been doing TM for 40 years and been checked dozens of times over the years, I'd say that what *I* paid (about $35 in 1973) was certainly worth it. Is it worth $1500 to the average person? If they practice it for 50 years and get checked once per year, that's $30 per checking session. Is that worth it or not? And if they pay half that, than it's $15 per checking session. Etc. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: When I leant TM I was in my "hippy phase", so out of work - ie, dropping out - ie, deliberately, consciously, voluntarily out of work. I can't recall now how much it cost me but it must have been the equivalent of $30 at the most - along with a white handkerchief and some fruit bought from a market stall. It is without doubt the best $30 I ever spent and I'm grateful for the TMO to have given me that opportunity to learn the technique so cheaply. Apparently, Maharishi was afraid that those who learned TM for free or on the cheap would not appreciate the value of his teaching and would reason that "free = valueless" and give up after a short while. I'm obviously one of the exceptions that proves the rule as I'm still meditating today. I wish the Movement still offered to teach TM at "cost" to encourage others like myself to take up the practice. I think greed - and snobbery - spoilt the original idealism that attracted so many to Maharishi's message. >--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > >From what I've read, the Turq must have given >Fred at least $100,000 for various purifications >to get rid of his inner demons. What is really amazing about this is that the >Turq had already given the Marshy thousands of >dollars, including over $5,000 to learn yogic >flying. Go figure. > > >
