'authfriend', if I sensed a degree of sincerity in any of your questions addressed to me on this forum or on AMT, I would trouble to answer them. You appear to exist in a adversarial world of your own creation, seemingly to periodically demonstrate how unpleasant you can be to people you do not know. How sad!
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There seems to be some dispute about the value of money and the > value > > that might be placed on TM. Take it from me, who has starved for > > days, weeks on end, whilst travelling in the East, you can talk all > > you want, but money is there to buy the bread and vegetables, > whereas > > meditation is a gift for those on a spiritual path. > > In 1955 MMY made the situation clear in the Beacon Light lectures: > > 'Come on, here is the call of peace and joy for you. Here > is > > an invitation, a cordial invitation for you all to come and enjoy > the > > Blissful Grace and All Powerful Blessings of my Lord the Great > Swami > > Brahmanand Saraswati, the Great among the greats of the Himalayas. > I > > have found a treasure in the Dust of His Lotus Feet and now I > invite > > you to share it with me and make yourself happy. > > Come on; I invite you to get into the Blissful Realm of His > > Universal Benevolence. See, the path is straight and entry is > free. ' > > Hmmm, let's see, that would have been, what, 40-some > years ago? And he was addressing an audience, of, what, > several hundred people? > > > I was taught to meditate at Maharishi Ashram, without charge. > > And the TM movement and organization woud have been > how big at this time? > > > > > > Returning to my native country and finding myself a job, I relished > > the opportunity of making a donation to the SRM. It was less a > matter > > of placing a financial value on TM, much more a matter of > attempting > > to help the initiator and the SRM organisation in spreading the > > teaching of meditation. > > Later, I saw the pained expression on the Maharishi's face, when > > being interviewed on television and asked where the money went. > > 'I have no pockets!' was his best response. > > But eventually the alarm bells did go off, first it was the lavish > > World Government glossy brochures, then the unnecessary costs of > taxi > > riding by the visiting dignitaries swanning about when the Yogic > > Olympics were first demonstrated publicly, and then of course the > > hiked up 'donation' fees. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 1/3/06 2:23:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > A real snake chasing its tail phenomenon, eh? I don't think > price > > is > > > the issue. People will pay for what they value. So how do we > > > increase the perceived value of TM? Who knows? Quite a fun > > mystery! > > > Probably something that cannot be seen linearly in its possible > > > growing success, only charted by its failures. So it remains an > > open > > > question whether or not TM will endure. > > > > > > > > > > > > No, it's real easy. If you have never transcended, how can you > > place any > > > value on it? Let people satisfy their curiosity. If you have to > > charge them any > > > thing, make it so it doesn't hurt to pay the fee to learn. Once > > the person > > > has had the Transcendental experience and found benefits in > > practicing TM he > > > will know what it means to him. Why do does anybody need to > > establish a high > > > monetary value on TM? Transcending either means something to you > or > > it doesn't. > > > And the only way it can ever mean anything to a person is if they > > have done > > > it and for some it may require a few times. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
