--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > It doesn't exist. > > The age-old traditions in East and West, always expected the student, > > novice, devotee, to devote his/her self to the cause, usually for > > years, before any SIGNIFICANT teaching was given to them. It is a way > > to assess the worthiness of a student. > > I must disagree. > > There have been, and are today, many traditions > that teach meditation for free, with nothing either > asked of or expected from the student. >
There are none. Money for sustainance for teacher and ashram/church/centre, comes from somewhere. More importantly, notice I used the word SIGNIFICANT. Please name any significant teaching where some sacrifice is not expected. > And, having taught in such a context and having > taught in the TM context, I can say without the > slightest hesitation that teaching for free is > better for all concerned: student, teacher, and > tradition. > > Unc>> As a hobby maybe, sustained by some income from somewhere else, but you are not full-time and therefore not fully engaged in the lifelong mission of teaching that Maharishi is engaged in. 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/
