--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > You get what you pay for.
If you are dumb enough to believe it - it's a salesman slogan, nothing more, definitely not true in the spiritual world, definitely not true in my own experience. That you believe this shows you don't know very much. I have had the most extraordinary and transformative experiences in settings that were completely free, or on donation basis. > That is why most people have never heard of these two meditation programs - > No one with any name recognition has found them to be successful, so rather > than generating interest, or even controversy, these two marginal techniques > are relegated to the backwaters of spiritual concern. > > Perhaps you can amuse yourself by finding all the other free and useless > forms of meditation available around the globe, and then please share them > with us. > > That is, when you aren't sticking your finger someplace warm and stinky.:-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-40-formerly-incarcerated-youth/ > > > > > > 40 at a cost of $10,000 = $250 per student. > > > > > > 2 other projects: > > > > > > http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-25-domestic-abuse-survivors/ > > > > > > 25 at a cost of $6,250 = $250 per student. > > > > > > http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-18-former-child-prostitutes/ > > > > > > 18 at a cost of $4,500 = $250 per student. > > > > > > I wonder if this is a matching funds project, or if this > > > is a new pricing structure for the DLF... > > > > > > It seems to me that $250 per student is a reasonable cost > > > for TM instruction by anyone's standards. > > > > While I agree that this is a good sign, and FAR > > more reasonable a cost for learning to meditate, > > TM-style, I think your phrase "by anyone's > > standards" reflects a lack of research on what > > other types of meditation cost to learn. For > > example, the results of 30 seconds of Googling: > > > > Vipassana Mediation: > > > > How much does the course cost? > > > > Each student who attends a Vipassana course is > > given this gift by a previous student. There is > > no charge for either the teaching, or for room > > and board. All Vipassana courses worldwide are > > run on a strictly voluntary donation basis. At > > the end of your course, if you have benefited > > from the experience, you are welcome to donate > > for the coming course, according to your volition > > and your means. > > > > Sahaja Yoga Meditation: > > > > Whether in the public, community, or business > > sectors, Sahaja Yoga Meditation is available > > without charge to the general public and to > > many schools, universities, hospitals, commun- > > ity centers and major corporations. > > > > > > As far as I know, neither of these organizations > > has assets in the billions of dollars. Just sayin'... > > >
