--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > With regard to "spiritual teachers plant[ing] the idea that you are > > bound so they can sell you the means to become unbound...", it is > > like any other advertisement- we don't respond to it unless we > > recognize the need for it within ourselves. No one buys that which > > they have no need for. > > Er, well, Madison Avenue would be a bit chagrined > to hear that! That's the whole idea behind the > basic marketing principle of "creating demand"--make > people think they need something whether they do or > not.
True, but in the case of a spiritual journey, the selling/buying won't last long if it is a false need. > In the case of "selling" a spiritual path, if one > believes everyone is in need of becoming unbound, > then by definition "buying" the path would be on > the basis of recognizing the need. > > But if you don't believe *anybody* is in need of a > path, as this chap seems not to, then it makes perfect > sense to assume, as he does, that it's a "created" > need. > > The problem with that view is that it doesn't account > for people who recognize the need on their own hook > before anybody ever tries to "sell" them on it. > Yep. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
