I agree with authfriend here. I taught TM full time for a short while and supported myself doing so. I worked hard and deserved what I earned from it. It was just as much a job as anything else I could have done.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I think you people are missing the point, big-time. > > > > > > > > The very fact that someone should have to take out > > > > a loan to learn to meditate is what's criminal. And > > > > the organization that places the people of the world > > > > in that position are the criminals.>> > > > > > > > > > Ridiculous. This is what it has been like since the beginning of > > > time. > > > > No, that's what people who are trying to avoid > > working for a living have been saying since the > > beginning of time. Other groups have been > > teaching for free, paying for their teaching > > efforts themselves, for about the same period > > of time. > > > > The "It's got to be paid for" spiel comes from > > people who are too lazy to actually work for a > > living, and who want someone to support them so > > that they can avoid having to get a job like > > everyone else. > > In what sense are people who work for the TMO > full time too lazy to work for a living? > > > > > > > Historically, in both the West and the East, > > there have always been groups in which the > > teachers and monks worked for a living and > > paid for their teaching efforts themselves. > > It's just that the lazy fucks who'd rather > > be supported by people like you than work > > themselves didn't want you to know about > > them, and so told you the stuff you just > > repeated as if it were true. > > > > :-) > > > ------------------------ 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/