--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > >> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods > >>> and getting the students to wallow in them. Why would you want to > >>> encourage such nonsense? Since there's no spiritual benefit, one has > >>> to assume it's to raise more money. > >> > >> Perhaps it has escaped your notice that the current course is free. > > > > And what do you want to bet there's plugs for $$ every day? The TMO > > never does anything "for free." They'll grab you for as much as they > > can, one way or another. > > > Or at least bombard you with advertisement and suggestions. > > The only reason the current course is free (from what I can tell) is > that some very wealthy TB's, seeing the movement floundering and > dying a slow death, decided to underwrite it. In other words, this > wouldn't be happening if it wasn't bought and paid for.
So, the TMO has never managed to raise $12 million from donors in a single year before? > > I also strongly suspect the recent deployment of Vedic-sacrificial > experts is helping bring more dollars from the remaining millionaire > TB's as they can finally see it is happening and therefore see it as > a worthwhile thing to throw money at. > How do you know it is a dwindling set of millionaire TBs?
