--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note that the course fee in DC--everything included, > meals, course, and hotel room--is now down to $50/day. > I think Barry boasted that he was to pay almost $49 a > day for his satsang retreat, holding it up as a "low > price yardstick" as proof that the TMO's price wasn't > really low...
BTW (although you already know this), the price I quoted was for a non-"emergency" course, just one of the many satsang retreats that the teacher offers around the world, so it's her regular price. And it was about $48 a day for room, food, *and* three several-hour-long sessions a day, conducted by the teacher herself, not via video. :-) And the kicker is that she says clearly that if people can't afford this they can come and camp on the property and bring their own food, and attend the course for free. That's been her policy from Day One of her teaching. That's one reason I was interested in attending her satsang: I respect her approach. You might look into it. That way, *you* might actually attend a course someday, instead of being all talk, no action on the Internet. :-) I'll be surprised if more than 100 non-locals show up at each of the courses, but then unlike you I *like* surprises. Some people might go because they know it'll be their last chance to "round" in a TM setting for a reasonable price in this lifetime. I respect those who, as people who profess to believe in the value of performing the siddhis in a group to help bring about world peace, actually put their money and their time where their mouth is. Many, if not most, of the people on this forum have already "paid their dues" in terms of putting their money where their mouth is many times over. They believed strongly enough in Maharishi's message and goals to participate in them, and to make extraordinary sacrifices in order to do so. They put their personal dreams and aspirations on hold for years or decades in order to actually DO something that they believed would help the world, and help someone beside themselves. You like to pose as the "repository of know- ledge" re Things TM here on this group. But I ask you, did you ever even check someone? Did you volunteer for projects like Lawson is doing now with his graphical work for the research project? I respect that. Tell me what you've done along the Way for people other than yourself and perhaps...just perhaps...I might actually develop a little respect for you. The others here have *paid* their dues in the past, and in my opinion that entitles them to make their own decisions in the present with regard to how much they want to participate in the latest Maharishi "call to action." But as far as I can tell from the things you've written, you've never answered that call even once in your life, and yet continually look down on those who have. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
