--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/2/06 5:22 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> on 1/2/06 2:11 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>> But I do accept the premise that TM works and does everything that > >>> is claimed that it does. > >>> > >>> But what the TMO has been doing for the past 25 years has, in my > >>> opinion, been directly at odds with promulgating TM> > >> > >> Then I guess TM didn't have the predicted effect on those responsible > > for > >> propagating TM. If it had, they would have made more sensible > > decisions. > >> > > > > Quite so, but is it the case that the decisions haven't been worthwhile? > > > > Raising the price allows people to take out loans to learn it. That > > gives it far more legitimacy than if it was taught for $10. > > Does it? Amma insists that her meditation be taught for free. Course > participants may be asked for $10-$30 to cover the teacher's travel > expenses, etc., and the course includes two meals. Does that arrangement > make it illegitimate? >
In the minds of the business owners that might set aside meditation times for their employees if they are convinced it will contribute to the bottom line of productivity? Consider these martial arts teachers... Who do you want to learn from, the guy who teaches for free at the cafeteria of the local jr high school in the evenings, or the guy who charges $65/month for group classes at his own studio, and $80/hour for 1 on 1 instruction? Actually, the above are both the same person: when he started out, Augustine Fong taught Wing Chung at Spring Jr. High in the evenings for free. 35 years later, he's got his own school and some of this students have an international reputation (e.g. Danny Chan, who beat the crap out of me in a friendly way when he was 16 at said Jr High School). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
