--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" > <jyouells@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <jstein@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The part that I liked was: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "People are being charged thousands of dollars for > > > mantras > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > have been traditionally been given as a gift from a > > > teacher > > > > > to a > > > > > > > > > sincere student." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...which is an obvious stab at 'you know who'. And it > is > > > true. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Uh, no, it's not. What you pay for when you learn > > > > > > > > TM is instruction in the use of the mantra, not the > > > > > > > > mantra itself, as you know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What you really pay for is lifetime membership in the > TMO, > > > > > starting > > > > > > > with a short period where the TM teacher goes through the > > > motions > > > > > of > > > > > > > teaching TM that they learned, while interacting with you > in > > > the > > > > > way > > > > > > > that they learned from the TMO. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually with recertification many have effectively lost > their > > > > > > 'lifetime membership'. No centers, no *official* teachers, > no > > > > > > lectures. I still maintain contact with many local > meditators > > > but I > > > > > > don't believe that I can even *officially* check the > meditation > > > of > > > > > > people that I have not initiated. Sounds like they need a > > > > > *recertified > > > > > > lifetime membership* to me. Hell, I don't even have a > lifetime > > > > > > membership, after 33+ years and many, many thousands of > dollars > > > and > > > > > > thousand of hours of work.... > > > > > > > > > > > > JohnY > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tucson, ARizona has 2 recertified teachers living here. If > they > > > can > > > > > pull it off here, they can pullit off in just about any venue > > > where > > > > > they are projecting a peace pallace eventually being built. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure. A million here, a million there and pretty soon it adds > up to > > > > real money. :-) No wonder it's so easy to decieve the willing... > > > > > > > > JohnY > > > > > > > > > > What has that to do with what I said? I thought you were saying > that > > > there would be no TM teachers available in most places. There are > two > > > available in Tucson, AZ. That's a pretty out-of-the-way place, > > > compared to the rest of the country. > > > > > > > I was referring to "projecting a peace pallace eventually being > > built". That means either 1.5 mill or 3 mill (can't remember). I > know > > of no recerts within 100+ miles. > > > > JohnY > > > > And I said exactly what I meant. If 2 TM teachers can make it in > Tucson, they can make it in anyplace where a peace pallace is > *projected* to be built. I said nothing about the building of the > peace pallace. >
I don't think they've made it yet. There actually has to be either teaching, or preferably donating and building. Otherwise the plans will change quickly. If plans are "making it", I quess they're doing fine. That's the point. JohnY ------------------------ 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/
