Robert Gimbel wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Dude or dudette, Welcome and are you serious or are
>> you a troll?
>>
>> --- new7892001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just wondering, how much does a mantra cost these
>>> days?
>>>
>>> When I got my first one (the second one from
>>> Maharishi himself, in
>>> 1971) I could manage financially.
>>>
>>> But now I heard that it costs around 2.500 dollars,
>>> (though there is
>>> discount for families).
>>> If so, why so expensive?
>>> Is it only for the well-to-do folks?
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> j.--
>>>
>>>
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/J-Krishnamurti_andLife/
>>
> Gee Whiz, I remember when gasoline was way under a dollar a gallon.
> Cigarettes cost 30 cents a pack.
> A house cost less than $15,000.
> You could get a new car for under $2000.
> Oh Well!
> Bring back those good ol' days...
> Those lazy, hazy, crazy days, of summer...
> Before, I-Pods, internet, and Bush.
> oops, I forgot, hard to get back, until we get that time machine going...
Let's see I bought a new Datsun wagon in 1973 for about $2200. The
same year I learned TM for $75. Today you can buy a Versa from Nissan
for around $15,000 which is about the equivalent of my 73 wagon though
much safer and better designed as well as more fuel efficient. That is
a little about 7 times the price of the 73 wagon. By those
calculations TM should cost a little over $500 these days. Of course
you can get good meditation techniques for less than that these days.
