>
> So that's the quandary. Do I send him some money,
> in honor of his enduring faith and the fact that
> he still has faith in a faithless world? Or do I
> not, knowing that from another point of view he's
> a spiritual teacher addict, and I'm essentially
> one of the people enabling him to remain an addict
> by paying for it?
>
> You people have been around the block. What do
> you think?
The pay-stub idea sounds good, although even then I question whether you
should send him money. Is he really doing the world all that much good?
There are a lot of things you could do with your money to help the world. Is
he the best investment? Are you really helping him by doing that? When I was
on Purusha I felt, as do most Purusha, that the world owed me a living.
After all, I had chosen the highest dharma and it was appropriate for those
who had chosen lesser dharmas to support me. Nonetheless, I hated having to
ask people for money. It corrupted my psychology. Like a gunslinger walking
into a saloon, I couldn't walk into a room full of TM people without
glancing around the room to spot potential donors. It ruined a few
friendships. One was with a dear friend to whom I would love to apologize
and renew our friendship, but I can't find him. One of the best things about
having left the movement is that I have grown out of this dependent way of
thinking. You might be doing your friend a bigger favor by helping him to do
that than by continuing to support him.
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