--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: <snip> > As for the "end of the course" thang, > that is how a number of people I've taught thought of > the two introductory lectures, as "the course," the > rest being (for them) something else, maybe the part > where they actually got taught something that cost > money. :-) This author may have thought similarly.
Nuh-uh. The "graduation ceremony" at which she was given her mantra, according to her, came *after* she'd attended the intro, paid her fee, and sat through several days of instruction in how to meditate. Apparently you read the article; how could you have missed that? At least it took her 10 years to forget what happened; took you less than a day to forget what you'd just read. ;-) http://www.alternet.org/economy/transcendental-meditation-how-i-paid-2500-password-inner-peace
